Noun: deprecation ,dep-ru'key-shun
- A prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster
"The villagers offered deprecations to ward off the approaching storm"; "In times of plague, people would often turn to deprecation"
- The act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)
"His self-deprecation was often a source of humour";
- denigration
- (computing) the process or act of deprecating (making something gradually obsolescent)
"The deprecation of older API functions was announced in the software update"
Derived forms: deprecations
Type of: disparagement, dispraise, orison [archaic], petition, prayer
Encyclopedia: Deprecation