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execration

exec·ra·tion

UK/ɛksɪˈkɹeɪʃən/ US/ɛksəˈkɹeɪʃən/ uncommon

noun

2.

an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

3.

the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated

Origin

From Latin execrātiō.

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