meaning of disparagement
1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.
2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.
3. the act of speaking contemptuously of