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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Execration \Ex`e*cra"tion\, n. [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf F. ex['e]cration.] 1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. --Shak. 2. That which is execrated; a detested thing Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. --Jer. xlii 18. Syn: See {Malediction}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: execration n 1: hate coupled with disgust [syn: {abhorrence}, {abomination}, {detestation}, {loathing}, {odium}] 2: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group [syn: {condemnation}, {curse}]
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