deprecate

1. (transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.Examples: "They deprecated the attempt to deny aid to homeless people."; "She deprecated any action which might disturb the peace."; "He spoke of Ethel continually; entreated her to forgive him; deprecated her coldness; and implored her to retract her refusal."transitive

2. (transitive) To belittle, depreciate.Examples: "He deprecates any praise of his own merits."; "Prior to the 1980s, Australian English had been widely deprecated by Australians themselves, principally as a result of a sense of inferiority known as "cultural cringe"."transitive

3. (transitive, chiefly computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.Examples: "The 'bold' tag has been deprecated in favour of the 'strong' tag."; "It is still supported but strongly deprecated."; "A deprecated function works in the currently released version of Perl 5 but may not be supported in future releases of Perl 5."transitive

4. (archaic, transitive) To pray against.Examples: "And in deprecating of Evil, we make an humble Acknowledgement of Guilt; and of God’s Juſtice in chaſtizing, as well as Clemency, in ſparing the Guilty."; "[…], though the Temporal Judgments which We Deprecate, are not remov’d."archaictransitive

5. (archaic, transitive) To regret deeply.archaictransitive