derogation
C2CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
A formal measure by which a state temporarily suspends certain rights obligations in a public emergency.
The government entered a derogation from Article 5 during the state of emergency.
Business noun
A partial exemption from or relaxation of a law or rule.
The bank secured a temporary derogation from the capital requirements during the transition.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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