Definitions for "Disparagement"
Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.
Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.
a communication that belittles somebody or something
Disparagement, in United States trademark law, is a cause of action that permits a party to petition the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) to cancel a trademark registration that "may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt or disrepute". 15 U.S.C. § 1052. Unlike claims regarding the validity of the mark, a disparagement claim can be brought "at any time", subject to equitable defenses such as laches. The TTAB has interpreted the statute to give broad standing to parties who claim they may be injured by a mark - in one case, the TTAB permitted two women to seek the cancellation of a chicken restaurant's slogan, "Only a Breast in the Mouth is Better Than a Leg in the Hand".
A non-compete agreement provision feature where options are forfeited if the former employee speaks of the organization in a negative manner with the intent to condemn or discredit.
the act of speaking contemptuously of
Keywords:  marriage, forced, equal, one
forced marriage to one who was not an equal.