Difference between derogatory and repeal
Definitions
adjective
- expressive of low opinion
Examples
Secondly, irritating, defamatory and derogatory comments left at this site by visitors will be deleted.
Or if I want to see a police officer in a time frame where the person concerned might be caught, I report a couple having a domestic, who called me a derogatory name ref my Race, Religion, or sexual preference (underline the relevant option) and just out of interest they broke the wing mirror on my car.
No redub, edit or censor could change the fact that she asked an ignorant question with a derogatory, skeptical tone.
Definitions
verb
- cancel officially
noun
- the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
Examples
It had been always understood, by watchful politicians, that the Repeal agitation slumbered only until the reinstalment of a Conservative administration.
This used to be illegal but several states have now repealed laws against perpetuities which used to limit the term of any family trust to about 90 years, after which time the family members would own the property outright, and thus finally have to pay taxes.
The Democratic political calculation with ObamaCare is the proverbial boiling frog: Gradually introduce a health-care entitlement by hiding the true costs, hook the middle class on new subsidies until they become unrepealable, but try to delay the adverse consequences and major new tax hikes so voters don't make the connection between their policy and the economic wreckage.
