DEROGATE (2)

derogate (2). Derogate, a. lessen, damaged, injured

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Der″o‐gate (?), v. i. 1. 1. To take away; to detract; to withdraw; — usually with from.
If we did derogate from them whom their industry hath made great. Hooker. It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity. Burke. 2. 2. To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate.
You are a fool granted; therefore your issues, being foolish, do not derogate. Shak. Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line? Hazlitt.