0 the action of not approving of something or saying that you do not approve of something:
1 the action of saying that you think something is of little value or importance:
She made a noise somewhere between deprecation and encouragement.
He raised his eyes in deprecation of the surroundings.
"I paint a bit for fun," she said, with a grimace of deprecation for the unsatisfactory results.
He mentioned something about local authorities in terms of deprecation.
Does your deprecation of questions, both oral and written, relating to specific constituencies extend to early-day motions?
