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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Derogatory \De*rog"a*to*ry\, a. Tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from to or unto. Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent Parliaments bind not --Blackstone. His language was severely censured by some of his brother peers as derogatory to their other --Macaulay. {Derogatory clause in a testament} (Law), a sentence of secret character inserted by the testator alone, of which he reserves the knowledge to himself, with a condition that no will he may make thereafter shall be valid, unless this clause is inserted word for word -- a precaution to guard against later wills extorted by violence, or obtained by suggestion. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: derogatory adj : expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house" [syn: {derogative}, {disparaging}]
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