derogate

Example Sentences

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It was entirely proper to tell this patient to stop using racist or homophobic slurs — language that’s offensive whether or not it is addressed to those it derogates.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2022

The present Protocol in no way derogates from the rule of Article 15, paragraph 8, of the Covenant, which protects national sovereignty.

From The Geneva Protocol by Miller, David Hunter

This account therefore unequivocally repudiates the Verrazzano claim to the discovery of that part of the country, and thus derogates from the pretensions of the letter instead of supporting them.

From The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America by Murphy, Henry Cruse

And this at once supersedes the necessity of divine revelation, and derogates from the sufficiency and perfection of the scriptures of truth.

From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by Presbytery, The Reformed

This derogates in nothing from the splendid talents and deep knowledge of the rival commanders.

From Holland The History of the Netherlands by Grattan, Thomas Colley