Definition of Deprecatory. Meaning of Deprecatory. Synonyms of Deprecatory

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Definition of Deprecatory

Deprecatory
Deprecatory Dep"re*ca*to*ry, a. [L. deprecatorius.] Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic. Humble and deprecatory letters. --Bacon.

Meaning of Deprecatory from wikipedia

- The Ethics of Diet: A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh-eating is an 1883 book by Howard Williams, on the history of vegetarianism...
- refers to white people as White Devils and has a history of racially deprecatory and pejorative use. Cantonese speakers frequently use gwailou to refer...
- performing some martial arts roles, he is at home as well in comedic, self-deprecatory or emotional characters. His second-most common role in TVB has been...
- threatened to take action against them if they released any 50 Cent tracks deprecatory of Murder Inc. The conflict escalated when Ja Rule released "Loose Change"...
- refers to the country. In México, Guatemala, and El Salvador gabacho is a deprecatory reference for someone from the U.S. In Mexico, el gabacho also identifies...
- respectively. Plutarch writes that Cicero was urged to change this deprecatory name when he entered politics, but refused, saying that he would make...
- (instigated by the younger singer-songwriter's use of the word **** in deprecatory ****essments of James Brown and Ray Charles) amid his brief engagement...
- sentimentalized portrayals of American life. This has led to the often deprecatory adjective "Rockwellesque". Consequently, Rockwell is not considered a...
- or to address oneself as "I". In modern times, the practice of self-deprecatory terms is still used. In formal letters, the term 貴 (gwai3; lit. important)...
- military, political, and writing achievements. Despite the generally deprecatory tenor of his "biographical inquiry", Aldington himself was not without...