dēprecātiō ōnis, f
deprecor, an averting by prayer, appeal, intercession, plea, apology : periculi: quae deprecatio est ei reliqua, qui, etc.: aequitatis, on the ground of : pro illis, Cu.: deprecatione deorum commoveri, the sanction of an oath : adgrediar ad crimen cum illā deprecatione, sic ut, etc.— In rhetoric, a deprecation, deferential remonstrance .