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execration

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ex⋅e⋅cra⋅tion

  [ek-si-krey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of execrating.
2. a curse or imprecation: The execrations of the prophet terrified the sinful multitude.
3. the object execrated; a thing held in abomination.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME execracioun < L ex(s)ecrātiōn- (s. of ex(s)ecrātiō). See execrate, -ion
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ex·e·cra·tion   (ěk'sĭ-krā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of cursing.

  2. A curse.

  3. Something that is cursed or loathed.

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execration 
1382, from L. execrationem, noun of action from execrari "to hate, curse," from ex- "out" + sacrare "to devote to holiness or to destruction, consecrate," from sacer "sacred."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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