1. Express strong disapproval of; deplore 
2. Belittle
   "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
   - depreciate, vilipend

Derived forms: deprecating, deprecates, deprecated

See also: deprecation, deprecative

Type of: belittle, disapprove, disparage, pick at, reject

Encyclopedia: Deprecate

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