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DISPARAGEMEN
(bouvier) | DISPARAGEMENT. An injury by union or comparison with some person or thing of
inferior rank or excellence; as, while the infant was in ward, by the
English law, the guardian had the power of tendering him a suitable match
without disparagement. 2 Bl. Com. 70.
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disparagement
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Disparagement
(gcide) | Disparagement \Dis*par"age*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. desparagement.]
1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree;
injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a
lowering in rank or estimation. [Eng.]
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And thought that match a foul disparagement.
--Spenser.
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2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or
dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value;
dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; --
commonly with to.
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It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is
not the sun. --South.
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Imitation is a disparagement and a degradation in a
Christian minister. --I. Taylor.
Syn: Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor;
debasement; degradation; disgrace.
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disparagement
(wn) | disparagement
n 1: a communication that belittles somebody or something [syn:
disparagement, depreciation, derogation]
2: the act of speaking contemptuously of [syn: disparagement,
dispraise] |
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