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vi⋅tu⋅per⋅a⋅tion

  [vahy-too-puh-rey-shuhn, -tyoo-, vi-]
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–noun
verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
Origin:
1475–85; < L vituperātiōn- (s. of vituperātio), equiv. to vituperāt(us) (see vituperate ) + -iōn- -ion

Synonyms:
censure, vilification, spite, scolding, defamation, aspersion.

Antonyms:
praise.
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vi·tu·per·a·tion   (vī-tōō'pə-rā'shən, -tyōō'-, vĭ-)   
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of vituperating; abusive censure.
  2. Sustained, harshly abusive language; invective.
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Vituperation

Vi*tu`per*a"tion\, n. [L. vituperatio: cf. OF. vituperation. See Vituperate.] The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.

When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him. --Donne.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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vituperation 
c.1449 (implied in vituperable), but rare before early 19c., from L. vituperationem (nom. vituperatio) "blame, censuring," from vituperatus, pp. of vituperare "disparage," from vitiperos "having faults," from vitium "fault, defect" (see vice (1)) + parare "prepare, provide, procure" (see pare). Vituperatio was stronger than either L. reprehensio or Mod.Eng. vituperation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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