Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Derogation

Derogation , noun

[Latin derogatio: compare French dérogation.]

1.
The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to.
I hope it is no derogation to the Christian religion. — Locke
He counted it no derogation of his manhood to be seen to weep. — F. W. Robertson
2.
(Stock Exch.) An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks.