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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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However, the department sought a derogation from that and that has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
Hostile behaviors range from criticism or derogation to actual physical aggression such as pushing or hitting.
However, attitudes toward the civil rights of gay people might be directly related to measures of out-group derogation.
Women who have a sense of personal inadequacy may project their views about themselves to a lack of trust and derogation of women in general.
Both hussy and housewife have their origin in Old English huswif, but hussy has undergone semantic derogation.
This derogation from representation is balanced against the need for independence from the passing passions that can excite legislators.

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