derogation

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It urges both sides "agree to the permanent continuation of the grace periods and derogations".

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2022

How could we better differentiate between offenses serious enough to warrant concern, and the more minor slips or unintentional derogations sometimes called “microaggressions”?

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2019

“Assault” is defined in another slide as “verbal or nonverbal derogations of an individual’s unique qualities such as family name or disability.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2016

"As the derogations under Article 16 involve an authorisation regime, any transaction for humanitarian purposes involving frozen funds or economic resources must be authorised by the competent authorities of the member state involved."

From Reuters • Aug. 6, 2013

From this time commences a series of derogations I now look on as so many wise resolutions, but which many would look on as acts of apostasy.

From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various