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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DENIGRATION, n. The act of making black; a blackening.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a belittling comment [syn: denigration, belittling]
2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration]
3: the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) [syn: deprecation, denigration]

Merriam Webster's

noun see denigrate

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Denigration Den`i*gra"tion, n. [L. denigratio.] 1. The act of making black. --Boyle. 2. Fig.: A blackening; defamation. The vigorous denigration of science. --Morley.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see denigrate