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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
execration \ex`ecra"tion\, n. l. execratio, exsecratio: cf. f.
   ex'ecration.
   1. the act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings
      of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.
      1913 webster

            cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is execrated; a detested thing.
      1913 webster

            ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. --jer.
                                                  xlii. 18.

   syn: see malediction.
        1913 webster
see also:
malediction 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
     3: the object of cursing or detestation; that which is
        execrated
see also:
abhorrence abomination detestation loathing odium condemnation 
curse 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
75 moby thesaurus words for "execration":
   anglophobia, russophobia, abhorrence, abomination, abuse, anathema,
   anti-semitism, antipathy, assailing, assault, attack, aversion,
   ban, berating, bigotry, bitter words, blackening, blasphemy,
   commination, contumely, curse, cursing, cussing, damnation,
   denunciation, despitefulness, detestation, diatribe, dislike,
   evil eye, excommunication, fulmination, hard words, hate, hatred,
   hex, imprecation, invective, jawing, jeremiad, loathing,
   malevolence, malice, malignity, malison, malocchio, misandry,
   misanthropy, misogyny, odium, onslaught, peeve, pet peeve,
   philippic, phobia, profanity, proscription, race hatred, racism,
   rating, repugnance, revilement, screed, spite, spitefulness,
   swearing, thundering, tirade, tongue-lashing, vials of hate,
   vials of wrath, vilification, vituperation, whammy, xenophobia





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