Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To deprive of pigment.

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  • verb To reduce pigmentation

Etymologies

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de- +‎ pigment

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Examples

  • What it really focuses on is making a decision either you're going to repigment these areas or again depigment, take away the pigment.

    CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2007 2007

  • Obviously, I don't know for sure what exactly is affecting Michael Jackson's skin but people do use makeup for example or even various treatments to try and depigment the skin or repigment the skin, if you will, as a treatment.

    CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2007 2007

  • She had a fade cream she applied just about everywhere, to depigment herself.

    THE BODY ARTIST DON DELILLO 2001

  • She had a fade cream she applied just about everywhere, to depigment herself.

    THE BODY ARTIST DON DELILLO 2001

  • She had a fade cream she applied just about everywhere, to depigment herself.

    THE BODY ARTIST DON DELILLO 2001

  • She had a fade cream she applied just about everywhere, to depigment herself.

    THE BODY ARTIST DON DELILLO 2001

  • He has a skin condition called Vitiligo my aunt has the same exact thing one of the treatments is to depigment the remaining skin that is left that has not turned ‘white’ so that a person’s color can be more even.

    Michael Jackson: The Doggone Girl (And Boys) Are Katherine Jackson’s 2007

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