01 a. Tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
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1.
Tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.“Humble and deprecatory letters.” — Bacon.
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2.
Serving to deprecate; expressing a low opinion of.
Syn.
belittling, disparaging, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, pejorative, denigratory.