Derogate: alternatives and connections

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Derogate

To annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit the action of; -- said of a law.

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Belittle 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disparage 76% connected

To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Belittle 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Denigrate 92% connected

To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Minimize 92% connected

To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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