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detestation

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de⋅tes⋅ta⋅tion

  [dee-te-stey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. abhorrence; hatred.
2. a person or thing detested.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (< MF) < L dētestātiōn- (s. of dētestātiō), equiv. to dētestāt(us) (ptp. of dētestārī to detest; see -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion
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de·tes·ta·tion   (dē'tě-stā'shən)   
n.  

  1. Strong dislike or hatred; abhorrence.

  2. One that is detested.

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