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Dictionary of English - deprecate or depreciate

deprecate or depreciate

Deprecate means to deplore something, depreciate means to belittle something or to treat it as unimportant. However, self-deprecating, in the sense 'disparaging oneself', 'modestly understating one's own abilities' has become firmly established, although some people deprecate this usage.

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