deprecation

See also: déprécation

English

Etymology

From Middle French deprecation (French: déprécation), from Latin dēprecātiōnem, from dēprecātiō (“deprecation, invocation”), from dēprecor (“I avert, I warn off; I deprecate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌdɛpɹɪˈkeɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

deprecation (countable and uncountable, plural deprecations)

(uncountable) The act of deprecating.
(countable) A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
(countable) An imprecation or curse.

Derived terms

self-deprecation

Related terms

Translations

act of deprecating

Bulgarian: възражение (bg) n (vǎzraženie), протест (bg) m (protest)
Czech: protest (cs) m, odmítnutí (cs) n, nesouhlas (cs) m
Finnish: paheksunta (fi), vähättely (fi), tuomio (fi)
Hungarian: elítélés (hu), helytelenítés (hu), rosszallás (hu)
Portuguese: depreciação (pt) f
Russian: возраже́ние (ru) n (vozražénije), проте́ст (ru) m (protést), порица́ние (ru) n (poricánije)

praying against evil

Czech: modlitba za spásu/odvrácení zla f
Finnish: rukous (fi), deprekaatio

entreaty for pardon

Czech: žadonění o prominutí n
Finnish: armahdusanomus, vetoomus (fi)

imprecation

Czech: klení n, proklínání n
Finnish: kirous (fi)

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French: ^{(please verify)} désapprobation (fr) f

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