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execration definition

ex·ecra·tion (ek′si krā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act of execrating; a cursing, denouncing, etc.
  2. a curse
  3. a person or thing cursed or detested

Etymology: L execratio < execrare: see execrate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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