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  • verb Present participle of derogate.

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Examples

  • Myth number five is a trade myth: that the US. people and public are deeply committed to free-trade throughout the world, that there is consensus in the U.S. that global free-trade is in the U.S. national interest and that protectionist pressures represent a temporary blip, a mere short-term tendency not derogating from the U.S. desire for global free trade.

    Some Canadian Myths About the U.S. 1987

  • Note, Corrupt and mistaken glosses may be sufficiently rejected and exploded, without diminishing or derogating from the authority or dignity of the sacred text.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

  • The harsh and ungenerous treatment which he experienced, 45 instead of derogating from the truth of his evidence, affords an additional proof of the spirit which actuated the deliberations of the synod.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Britain did this in 2001, for instance, derogating from clauses in the European Convention on Human

    Prevention of Torture - A Lot Still Needs to be Done 2010

  • Rather thank heaven, Piercie Shafton, which hath sent thee a subject, wherein, without derogating from thy rank, (since the honours of the Avenel family are beyond dispute,) thou mayest find a whetstone for thy witty compliments, a strop whereon to sharpen thine acute engine, a butt whereat to shoot the arrows of thy gallantry.

    The Monastery 2008

  • As the reluctant dignitary made, with discomposed and sulky look, the obeisance required, the SPRUCH-SPRECHER shook his baton, and proclaimed, like a herald, that, in what he was now doing, the Archduke of Austria was not to be held derogating from the rank and privileges of a sovereign prince; to which the jester answered with a sonorous AMEN, which provoked much laughter among the bystanders.

    The Talisman 2008

  • “Soccer Mom” is another derogating term used to classify over weight women with cankles who work at the grocery store and have broods of athletically inclined children that they spend their afternoons shuffling about.

    Judgment, character and experience 2008

  • Speaking in the Assembly on Wednesday, Manuel said without derogating from the constitutional independence of the FFC, "we find this proposal particularly problematic".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Each man was asked to record how often he insulted his female partner in the course of a month, choosing from a list of 47 insults divided into four categories: “derogating physical attractiveness” e.g.

    The Science of Insulting Women - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • Each man was asked to record how often he insulted his female partner in the course of a month, choosing from a list of 47 insults divided into four categories: “derogating physical attractiveness” e.g.

    The Science of Insulting Women - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

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