derogation
noun /ˌderəˈɡeɪʃn/
/ˌderəˈɡeɪʃn/
(formal)- [countable] an occasion when a rule or law is allowed to be ignoredTopics Permission and obligationc2
- [uncountable, countable] words or actions that show that somebody or something is considered to have no worth
- the derogation of women
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘impairment of the force of’): from Latin derogatio(n-), from the verb derogare, from de- ‘aside, away’ + rogare ‘ask’.