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The phrase "a derogation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a reduction or lessening of something, often in a legal or formal sense.
Example: "The new policy includes a derogation of certain regulations that were previously mandatory."
Alternatives: "an exemption" or "a waiver".
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Others have suggested that we seek a derogation.
He needs to urgently answer why a derogation for Broadmoor was granted.
But in American political history, that word has profound resonance as a derogation of opportunism.
"My whole life has been a derogation of my responsibilities to my fatal foetus".
It is not a derogation but only a definition to say that workable theatricality is the measure of successful playwriting.
Ukraine gave notice of a derogation in June 2015, in relation to the fighting on its border with Russia.
That meaning, metaphorically extended, landed -- plop! -- in the middle of political terminology as a derogation of moderation.
This could have been a derogation of the president's policy or of the chief editorial writer's prose.
The CCTV system was not able to meet these requirements and the trust asked for a derogation... while they sort it out".
Religious bodies, some recalled, had won a derogation from equality legislation so they could carry on using their own criteria to hire clerics.
During this development, a parallel phrase appeared in slang: piece of trade, "prostitute," derived from piece of tail, a derogation of a supposedly promiscuous woman.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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