Hypertext Webster Gateway: "execration"
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) 1.7 (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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