1. A praying against; a praying that an evil may be removed or prevented.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
3. An imprecation or curse.
Dissuasion Roget’s Thesaurus §616
N. dissuasion, dehortation, expostulation, remonstrance, deprecation, discouragement, damper, wet blanket, disillusionment, disenchantment, cohibition, curb, check, reluctance, contraindication
V. dissuade, dehort, cry out against, remonstrate, expostulate, warn, contraindicate, disincline, indispose, shake, stagger, dispirit, discourage, dishearten, deter, repress, hold back, keep back, render averse, repel, turn aside, wean from, act as a drag, throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench, deprecate, disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one's balloon, prick one's balloon, burst one's bubble, disabuse (correction) 527a
Adj. dissuading, dissuasive, dehortatory, expostulatory, monitive|, monitory, dissuaded, admonitory, uninduced &c. (induce ), unpersuadable, averse, repugnant, repressed
Deprecation Roget’s Thesaurus §766
Adj. deprecatory, expostulatory, intercessory, mediatorial, deprecated, protested, unsought, unbesought, unasked &c. (see ask )
Int. cry you mercy, god forbid, forbid it heaven, heaven forefend, heaven forbid, far be it from, hands off, &c. (prohibition) 761, please don't
No Bible verses found for "deprecation".