transitive verb (-cated; -cating) see: pray Date: 1628 1. to pray against (as an evil), to seek to avert , to express disapproval of, 3. play down ; make little of , belittle , disparage , deprecatingly adverb deprecation noun
DEPRECATE
Meaning of DEPRECATE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012