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Derogation vs Detraction - What's the difference?

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Derogation is a related term of detraction.


As nouns the difference between derogation and detraction

is that derogation is dispensation while detraction is the act of detracting something, or something detracted.

derogation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act which belittles; disparagement.
  • (legal) The act of derogating; the temporary or partial nullification of a law.

    • See also

    *abrogation

    detraction

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia detraction)
  • The act of detracting something, or something detracted.
  • A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
    • If indeed we consider all the frivolous and petulant discourse, the impertinent chattings, the rash censures, the spiteful detractions which are so rife in the world
  • (Roman Catholic Church ) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.

    • Synonyms

    * See also