meaning of deprecate2
1. To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly.
2. belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his students
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Related Words
deprecate | deprecated | deprecating | deprecatingly | deprecation | deprecative | deprecatively | deprecator | deprecatory |