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Deprecation

The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.

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Disparagement 76% connected

Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.

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Dispraise 76% connected

To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.

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Orison 76% connected

A prayer; a supplication.

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Petition 76% connected

A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a perso…

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Prayer 76% connected

One who prays; a supplicant.

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Belittle 74% connected

To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

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Belittle 74% connected

To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

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Denigration 92% connected

The act of making black.

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