Definition of "derogates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derogate. (verb)

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• "The immigration law "derogates" instead of clarifying the meaning of the residency article in the Basic Law, the legal foundation that establishes Hong Kong's judicial and economic independence from mainland China."
• "This law authorizes extraordinary police powers, and it significantly derogates from our ordinary civil rights."
• "Obama believes that what he derogates as “John Wayne” thinking and the old “right wing … individualistic bootstrap myth” needs to be replaced: “We must unite in collective action, build collective institutions and organizations.”"