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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deprecatory \Dep"re*ca*to*ry\, a. [L. deprecatorius.] Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic. Humble and deprecatory letters. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deprecatory adj : tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark" [syn: {belittling}, {deprecating}, {deprecative}, {depreciative}, {depreciatory}, {slighting}]
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