noun
Meaning 1
The act of deprecating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deprecation
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌdɛpɹɪˈkeɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun
Meaning 2
A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An entreaty for a pardon; a petitioning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An imprecation or curse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: denigration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disparagement, dispraise
noun
Meaning 6
a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prayer, petition, orison
History
Etymology
From Middle French deprecation (French: déprécation), from Latin dēprecātiōnem, from dēprecātiō (“deprecation, invocation”), from dēprecor (“to avert, warn off; to deprecate”).
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: възражение (vǎzraženie) — act of deprecating
- Bulgarian: протест (protest) — act of deprecating
- Czech: protest — act of deprecating
- Czech: odmítnutí — act of deprecating
- Czech: nesouhlas — act of deprecating
- Finnish: paheksunta — act of deprecating
- Finnish: vähättely — act of deprecating
- Finnish: tuomio — act of deprecating
- Hungarian: elítélés — act of deprecating
- Hungarian: helytelenítés — act of deprecating
- Hungarian: rosszallás — act of deprecating
- Polish: dezaprobata — act of deprecating
- Portuguese: depreciação — act of deprecating
- Russian: возраже́ние (vozražénije) — act of deprecating
- Russian: проте́ст (protést) — act of deprecating
- Russian: порица́ние (poricánije) — act of deprecating
- Spanish: deprecación — act of deprecating
- Czech: modlitba za spásu/odvrácení zla — praying against evil
- Finnish: rukous — praying against evil
- Finnish: deprekaatio — praying against evil
- Polish: modlitwa przeciw złu — praying against evil
- Czech: žadonění o prominutí — entreaty for pardon
- Finnish: armahdusanomus — entreaty for pardon
- Finnish: vetoomus — entreaty for pardon
- Polish: petycja — entreaty for pardon
- Czech: klení — imprecation
- Czech: proklínání — imprecation
- Finnish: kirous — imprecation
- Polish: złorzeczenie — imprecation
- Polish: pomstowanie — imprecation