disparagemen

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disparagemen - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  DISPARAGEMENT. An injury by union or comparison with some person or thing of 
  inferior rank or excellence; as, while the infant was in ward, by the 
  English law, the guardian had the power of tendering him a suitable match 
  without disparagement. 2 Bl. Com. 70.