deprecation

deprecation

See also: déprécation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛpɹɪˈkeɪʃən/
• 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) n (vǎzraženie), протест (bg) m (protest) Czech: protest (cs) m, odmítnutí (cs) n, nesouhlas (cs) m Finnish: paheksunta (fi), vähättely (fi), tuomio (fi)

Hungarian: elítélés (hu), helytelenítés (hu), rosszallás (hu) Portuguese: depreciação (pt) f Russian: возраже́ние (ru) n (vozražénije), проте́ст (ru) m (protést), порица́ние (ru) n (poricánije)

praying against evil

Czech: modlitba za spásu/odvrácení zla f

Finnish: rukous (fi), deprekaatio

entreaty for pardon

Czech: žadonění o prominutí n

Finnish: armahdusanomus, vetoomus (fi)

imprecation

Czech: klení n, proklínání n

Finnish: kirous (fi)

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French: (please verify) désapprobation (fr) f

Anagrams

• recaptioned