Definitions for: Execration

[n] the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
[n] an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
[n] hate coupled with disgust

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, condemnation, curse, detestation, loathing, odium

See Also: anathema, denouncement, denunciation, disgust, hate, hatred, imprecation, malediction, object

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