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de·tes·ta·tion

   [dee-te-stey-shuhn]
noun
1.
abhorrence; hatred.
2.
a person or thing detested.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin dētestātiōn- (stem of dētestātiō), equivalent to dētestāt(us) (past participle of dētestārī to detest; see -ate1) + -iōn- -ion
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detestation (ˌdiːtɛsˈteɪʃən)
 
—n
1.  intense hatred; abhorrence
2.  a person or thing that is detested

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detestation
mid-15c., from Fr. détestation (14c.), from L. detestationem (nom. detestatio), from detestatus, pp. of detestari (see detest).
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