Derogate

Derogate

(1):

(v. t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; - said of a person or thing.

(2):

(v. i.) To take away; to detract; to withdraw; - usually with from.

(3):

(n.) Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded.

(4):

(v. i.) To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate.

(5):

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