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Noun: deprecation  dep-ru'key-shun
  1. A prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster
     
  2. The act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)
    - denigration

Derived forms: deprecations

See also: deprecate

Type of: disparagement, dispraise, orison [archaic], petition, prayer

Encyclopedia: Deprecation

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