derogate

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One option to deal with the shortfall would be to allow Kilroot to temporarily derogate from its environmental permits though the legality and cost of that is unclear.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2022

Producers and Lee’s estate signed a contract agreeing that “the play shall not derogate or depart in any manner from the spirit of the novel nor alter its characters,” according to The New York Times.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2018

The contract the parties signed states that “the Play shall not derogate or depart in any manner from the spirit of the Novel nor alter its characters.”

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2018

"It would never lead me to derogate, my Lord," said he, proudly, as he took his hat, and bowing haughtily left the room.

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

But such conjectures derogate from the character of the quality of the tree.

From Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion by Allen, Ethan