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Imprecation
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So is impiety. Does it mean:
| lack of piety |
| complicated and embarrassing state of things |
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imprecation
1448, from L. imprecationem (nom. imprecatio), from imprecatus, pp. of imprecari "invoke, pray," from in- "within" + precari "to pray, ask beg, request." "Current limited sense is characteristic of human nature." [Weekley]
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