Deprecate

They deprecated the attempt to deny aid to homeless people.

She deprecated any action which might disturb the peace.

He spoke of Ethel continually; entreated her to forgive him; deprecated her coldness; and implored her to retract her refusal.

He deprecates any praise of his own merits.

Prior to the 1980s, Australian English had been widely deprecated by Australians themselves, principally as a result of a sense of inferiority known as "cultural cringe".

The 'bold' tag has been deprecated in favour of the 'strong' tag.

It is still supported but strongly deprecated.

A deprecated function works in the currently released version of Perl 5 but may not be supported in future releases of Perl 5.

And in deprecating of Evil, we make an humble Acknowledgement of Guilt; and of God’s Juſtice in chaſtizing, as well as Clemency, in ſparing the Guilty.

[…], though the Temporal Judgments which We Deprecate, are not remov’d.