v. 25B6; verb
the school deprecates this behaviour : DEPLORE, abhor, disapprove of, frown on, take a dim view of, take exception to, detest, despise; criticize, censure.
he deprecates the value of television : BELITTLE, disparage, denigrate, run down, discredit, decry, play down, trivialize, underrate, undervalue, underestimate, depreciate; scoff at, sneer at, scorn, disdain; informal pooh-pooh.
praise, overrate.