A prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In several fields, especially computing, deprecation is the discouragement of use of some terminology, feature, design, or practice, typically because it has been superseded or is no longer considered efficient or safe, without completely removing it or prohibiting its use. Wikipedia

A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation. Wiktionary

Praying against evil. Wiktionary (translation)