From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Derogation \Der'o*ga"tion\, noun [L. derogatio: cf. F. d['e]rogation.]
1. The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to.
I hope it is no derogation to the Christian religion. --Locke.
He counted it no derogation of his manhood to be seen to weep. --F. W. Robertson.
2. (Stock Exch.) An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a communication that belittles somebody or something [syn: {disparagement}, {depreciation}]
2: (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "derogation": attrition, belittling, comedown, contempt, curtailment, cut, cutting, debasement, decadence, decadency, declension, declination, decline, decrease, decrement, decrial, deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demotion, depletion, depravation, depravedness, depreciation, descent, deterioration, detraction, devolution, diminution, dip, disapproval, discrediting, disgrace, disparagement, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drop, dying, ebb, effeteness, extraction, fading, failing, failure, failure of nerve, faint praise, fall, falling-off, impairment, indignity, involution, knocking, lapse, lessening, loss of tone, lukewarm support, minimizing, putting down, reduction, regression, remission, retraction, retrenchment, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, shortening, shrinkage, slighting, slippage, slump, sour grapes, truncation, wane
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