Associations to the word «Derogation»
Noun
Wiktionary
DEROGATION, noun. An act which belittles; disparagement.
DEROGATION, noun. (legal) The act of derogating; the temporary or partial nullification of a law.
Dictionary definition
DEROGATION, noun. A communication that belittles somebody or something.
DEROGATION, noun. (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.