You are persuaded, that the duty to your friend, and the filial duty, may be performed without derogating from either.
We can now allow Cæsar to be a great Man, withoutderogating from Pompey; and celebrate the Virtues of Cato, without detracting from those of Cæsar.
But to slight grace, to do despite to the Spirit of grace, to prefer our own works to the derogating from grace, what is it but to contemn God?
They have obtained many large privileges, the principal whereof is to work themselves, without derogating from their nobility.
Thus all the good characters commit acts of deception, violence, and falsehood, or even live their whole life under false colours, without in the least derogating from their moral worth.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "derogating" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
