Both Uses of
deprecate
in
Mansfield Park
- But at other times doubt and alarm intermingled with his hopes; and when he thought of her acknowledged disinclination for privacy and retirement, her decided preference of a London life, what could he expect but a determined rejection? unless it were an acceptance even more to be deprecated, demanding such sacrifices of situation and employment on his side as conscience must forbid.†
Chpt 26
- He deprecated her mistaken but well-meaning zeal.†
Chpt 33 *
Definition:
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(deprecate) to diminish or treat something as unimportant or of low quality; or to express disapproval