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execration

[ ek-si-krey-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of execrating.
a curse or imprecation:
The execrations of the prophet terrified the sinful multitude.
the object execrated; a thing held in abomination.

1350–1400; Middle English execracioun < Latin ex ( s ) ecrātiōn- (stem of ex ( s ) ecrātiō ). See execrate, -ion

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