deprecation

See also déprécation

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌdɛpɹɪˈkeɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /%dEprI"keIS@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

deprecation (countable and uncountable; plural deprecations)

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

Related terms

• imprecation
• precation

Translations

act of deprecating

• Bulgarian: възражение (bg) (vǎzraženie) n, протест (bg) (protest) m
• Portuguese: depreciação (pt) f

• Russian: возражение (ru) (vozražénije) n, протест (ru) (prot'ést) m, порицание (ru) (poricánije) n

praying against evil

entreaty for pardon

imprecation

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• French: désapprobation f

Anagrams

• recaptioned