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Webster 1913 Edition

Denigration

Denˊi-gra′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

denigratio

.]

1.

The act of making black.

Boyle.

2.

Fig.: A blackening; defamation.

The vigorous

denigration

of science.

Morley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Denigration

DENIGRATION

,

Noun.

The act of making black; a blackening.