Both Uses of
depreciation
in
David Copperfield
- He carried his head on one side, partly in modest depreciation of himself, partly in modest propitiation of everybody else.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- Never to put one hand to anything, on which I could throw my whole self; and never to affect depreciation of my work, whatever it was; I find, now, to have been my golden rules.†
Chpt 40-42
Definition:
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(depreciation) the decrease in the value of something -- especially due to its wearing out or getting old