# derogate
## English
### Etymology

From Late Middle English derogaten, borrowed from (the participle stem of) Latin dērogāre (“to annul, repeal part of a law, take away, detract from”), from de- (“from”) + rogāre (“to propose a law, ask”). Compare abrogate, arrogate, interrogate.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdɛɹəɡeɪt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Verb

derogate (third-person singular simple present derogates, present participle derogating, simple past and past participle derogated)
* (obsolete, transitive) To partially repeal (a law etc.). [16th–17th c.]
** 1713, Matthew Hale, A History and Analysis of the Common Law of England:By several contrary customs, […] many of the civil and canon laws are controlled and derogated.
* (transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle. [from 16th c.]
** 1642, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus:I never thought the human frailty of erring in cases of religion, infamy to a state, no more than to a council: it had therefore been neither civil nor christianly, to derogate the honour of the state for that cause [...].
** 1999, Ziva Kunda, Social Cognition, page 222:When the need for self-affirmation is satisfied through other means, one is less compelled to derogate members of negatively stereotyped groups.
** 2001, Russell Cropanzano, Justice in the Workplace, volume II, page 104:Bandura (1990) gave a related example of gas chamber operators in Nazi prison camps, who found it necessary to derogate and dehumanize their victims rather than become overwhelmed by distress.
* (transitive, intransitive) To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened. [from 16th c.]
** 1532, Thomas More, The Supper of the Lord:Anything […] that should derogate, minish, or hurt his glory and his name.
** 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity.
* (intransitive) To remove a part, to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.). [from 16th c.]
** 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, →ISBN, page 147:In doing so she had derogated from her dignity and committed herself.
** 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:God does not have the attributes of a Christian Providence, for it would derogate from His perfection to think about anything except what is perfect, i.e. Himself.
** 1967 December 5, “The undoing of Dodd”, in Time:The six-member Committee on Standards and Conduct unanimously recommended that the Senate censure the Connecticut Democrat for behavior that is "contrary to good morals, derogates from the public trust expected of a Senator, and tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
* (intransitive) To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself. [from 17th c.]
** 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:CLOTEN. Is it fit I went to look upon him? Is there no derogation in't? SECOND LORD. You cannot derogate, my lord.
** 1830 August, William Hazlitt, edited by P.P. Howe, The Complete Works of William Hazlitt‎, published 1967, page 302:Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line?

#### Usage notes

* The verb is relatively uncommon, but the related adjective derogatory is common.

#### Synonyms

* decry
* (to disparage, belittle): vilify
* (to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.)): abase

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to disparage, belittle”): praise
* (antonym(s) of “to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.)”): exalt

#### Derived terms

* derogatable
* derogately
* underogating

#### Related terms

* abrogate
* arrogate
* interrogate
* prorogue
* surrogate

#### Translations
### Adjective

derogate (comparative more derogate, superlative most derogate)
* (archaic) debased
** c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:Dry up in her the organs of increase, / And from her derogate body never spring / A babe to honour her.

#### Related terms

* derogatory
* derogation
* derogative

### Anagrams

* dogeater, erogated

## Italian
### Verb

derogate
* inflection of derogare:
** second-person plural present indicative
** second-person plural imperative

## Latin
### Verb

dērogāte
* second-person plural present active imperative of dērogō

## Spanish
### Verb

derogate
* second-person singular voseo imperative of derogar combined with te