- [countable]
an occasion when a rule or law is allowed to be ignored （法规等的）部分废除 - [uncountable, countable]
words or actions that show that somebody or something is considered to have no worth 含有贬义的言辞（或行为） the derogation of women 对女性的贬低。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘impairment of the force of’): from Latin derogatio(n-), from the verb derogare, from de- ‘aside, away’ + rogare ‘ask’.