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Depositions
- noun - (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office
- the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office
- the act of putting something somewhere
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
Depravation
- noun - moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
Depravities
- noun - a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society"
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
Deprecating
- verb - belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
- express strong disapproval of; deplore
- tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
Deprecation
- noun - a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster
- the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)
Deprecative
- adjective - given to expressing disapproval
- tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
Deprecatory
- adjective - tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
Depreciated
- verb - belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
- lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
- lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"