derogat

v. i. 1. To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from. [ 1913 Webster ]

If we did derogate from them whom their industry hath made great. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You are a fool granted; therefore your issues, being foolish, do not derogate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line? Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. derogatus, p. p. ] Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a derogatory manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. derogatio: cf. F. dérogation. ] 1. The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hope it is no derogation to the Christian religion. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

He counted it no derogation of his manhood to be seen to weep. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Stock Exch.) An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Derogatory. -- De*rog"a*tive*ly, adv. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Syn. -- belittling, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, pejorative, denigratory. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ] A detractor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a derogatory manner; disparagingly. Aubrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being derogatory. [ 1913 Webster ]