Hypertext Webster Gateway: "detestation"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Detestation \Det`es*ta"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. detestatio: cf. F.
d['e]testation.]
The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence;
loathing.

We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war.
--Burke.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

detestation
n : hate coupled with disgust [syn: {abhorrence}, {abomination},
{execration}, {loathing}, {odium}]

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