Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun deprecation

2 senses of deprecation

Sense 1
deprecation -- (a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster)
       => prayer, petition, orison -- (reverent petition to a deity)

Sense 2
deprecation, denigration -- (the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself))
       => disparagement, dispraise -- (the act of speaking contemptuously of)