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 # Compass Stylesheet Authoring Framework
 
-**Depreciated:** Compass is no longer supported.
+**Deprecated:** Compass is no longer supported.
 
 Build Status: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/Compass/compass.png)](https://travis-ci.org/Compass/compass)