Bible Dictionaries
Disparagement

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.

(2):

(n.) Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; - commonly with to.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Disparagement'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/disparagement.html. 1828.