detrarre — meaning in English

English meaning

• deduct verb To subtract or take away an amount from a total.
• derogate verb (law) To cancel part of a law, rather than all of it.

Senses

detrarre is used for these senses in English:

• deduct To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
• derogate (transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle. [from 16th c.]

derogate — full definition

1. verb (law) To cancel part of a law, rather than all of it.
2. verb To criticise something in a way that makes it seem less good or important.
3. verb To take away part of something so that what is left is smaller or weaker.
4. verb To weaken someone's authority or good qualities.

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