1. [countable] an occasion when a rule or law is allowed to be ignoredTopics

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2. [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’.

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