Both Uses of
deprecate
in
The Age of Innocence
- "Oh, ELLEN—" she murmured, much in the same accusing and yet deprecating tone in which her parents might have said: "Oh, THE BLENKERS—."†
Chpt 26 *
- It was deeply distasteful to him to do anything melodramatic and conspicuous, anything Mr. van der Luyden would have deprecated and the club box condemned as bad form.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(deprecate) to diminish or treat something as unimportant or of low quality; or to express disapproval