deprecation

Roget category 766

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.7. Special intersocial volition
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#766. [Negative request.] Deprecation

noun

deprecation, expostulation — intercession, mediation, protest, remonstrance.

verb

deprecate, protest, expostulate, enter a protest, intercede for — remonstrate.

adjective

deprecatory, expostulatory^†, intercessory, mediatorial^†.
deprecated, protested.
unsought, unbesought^† — unasked etc. (ask) etc. 765.

interjection

cry you mercy!, God forbid!, forbid it Heaven!, Heaven forefend, Heaven forbid!, far be it from!, hands off!, etc. (prohibition) 761 — please don't.

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