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deprecation

dep·re·ca·tion

UK/ˌdɛpɹɪˈkeɪʃən/ uncommon

noun

1.

a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster

2.

the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)

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Origin

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

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