deprecate.
To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
Meaning & usage
To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
They deprecated the attempt to deny aid to homeless people.
She deprecated any action which might disturb the peace.
To belittle, depreciate.
He deprecates any praise of his own merits.
To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
The 'bold' tag has been deprecated in favour of the 'strong' tag.
It is still supported but strongly deprecated.
To pray against.
To regret deeply.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin dēprecātus, perfect active participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from dē- (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).
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