When new releases of specifications are released, some older features may be marked as being deprecated This means that new work should not use the features and that although they are supported in the current release, they may not be supported or available in future releases
(n ) A reference to a class, interface, constructor, method, or field that is no longer recommended, and might not be included in a future version of a product
the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster