See Also: disparagement(dictionary)
DISPARAGEMENT(law)

disparagement (iou)



disparagement noun. L15.
[Old French, formed as DISPARAGE noun: see -MENT.]
Lowering of value, honour, or estimation; dishonour, disgrace, indignity, discredit; something that causes this. L15.
Milton The learnedest of England thought it no disparagement to sit at his feet.
Marriage to a person of inferior rank; disgrace or dishonour incurred by this. obsolete exc. Hist. E16.
The action or an act of referring to or treating in a slighting or depreciatory way; depreciation, detraction; undervaluing. L16.