Execration
Pronunciation : Ex`e*cra"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. ex?cration.]
Definition : 1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak.
2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.
Syn. -- See Malediction.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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