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execration

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10 lettersPronunciation /ɛksɪˈkɹeɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aceeinortxStarts with EEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated

Word origin

From Latin execrātiō.

Used in a sentence

  • He inveighed againſt the Folly of making oneſelf liable for the Debts of others; vented many bitter Execrations againſt the Brother; and concluded with wiſhing ſomething could be done for the unfortunate Family.
  • [W]hile all mourned and honoured the dead, thou hast lived to merit our hate and execration—lived to unite thyself with the vile tyrant who murdered thy nearest and dearest— […]
  • For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely, all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should greet me with howls of execration.

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