Definition of "derogating" []

• Present participle of derogate. (verb)

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• "Myth number five is a trade myth: that the US. people and public are deeply committed to free-trade throughout the world, that there is consensus in the U.S. that global free-trade is in the U.S. national interest and that protectionist pressures represent a temporary blip, a mere short-term tendency not derogating from the U.S. desire for global free trade."
• "Note, Corrupt and mistaken glosses may be sufficiently rejected and exploded, without diminishing or derogating from the authority or dignity of the sacred text."
• "The harsh and ungenerous treatment which he experienced, 45 instead of derogating from the truth of his evidence, affords an additional proof of the spirit which actuated the deliberations of the synod."