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What is a derogation?

What is a derogation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An act which belittles; disparagement.
  2. (law) The act of derogating; the temporary or partial nullification of a law.
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For more than a century, we can trace a consistent biological derogation of women, by men, right up to the present.
Some would require a derogation from the European Convention on Human Rights.
Kelly concludes with a gibe at his colleagues' casual derogation of the blogs.
Both hussy and housewife have their origin in Old English huswif, but hussy has undergone semantic derogation.
Hostile behaviors range from criticism or derogation to actual physical aggression such as pushing or hitting.
I don't think the prosecution should sit on their hands in court if the defence is using derogation of victims in mitigation.

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