noun diminished in value; dishonored; degraded.
2. derogate ·vi to act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate.
3. derogate ·vi to take away; to detract; to withdraw;
usually with from.
4. derogate ·vt to annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit the action of;
said of a law.
5. derogate ·vt to lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate;
said of a person or thing.