Sentence examples for a derogation of from inspiring English sources
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".
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.
Germany, Switzerland and Austria, for instance, have an elastic concept called Untreue, or breach of trust, which is defined as a derogation of duty that causes real damage to the institution.
A cookie-pusher was a term coined in World War II to be a derogation of diplomats who attended too many receptions; now it is an exponent of "targeted marketing".
The Maltese government had sought a derogation for continuing the "tradition" of spring hunting, which the directive normally forbids, and the Court had ruled that Malta's proposal failed three of four tests provided by the directive: strict enforcement, small numbers, and parity with other E.U. member states.
Many Tories were demanding she went for a temporary derogation of human rights laws.
Granting the officers anonymity would be a "major derogation of the open justice principles", said barrister Caoilfhionn Gallagher, for the media.
"Here's a new entry," says Eric Schmitt, the New York Times reporter who covers Vice President Dick Cheney (sometimes referred to as "the P.M.," or prime minister, or less reverently by President Bush as Big Time, recalling Cheney's famous response to a joshing derogation of another of our journalistic colleagues).
