"execration" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛksɪˈkɹeɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛksəˈkɹeɪʃən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-execration.wav [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: execrations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin execrātiō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|execrātiō}} Latin execrātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} execration (countable and uncountable, plural execrations)
  1. An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act or instance of cursing): проклятие (prokljatie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), exécration [feminine] (French), შეჩვენება (šečveneba) (Georgian), დაწყევლა (dac̣q̇evla) (Georgian), Abscheu [masculine] (German), Fluch [masculine] (German), Verwünschung [feminine] (German), exsecratio [feminine] (Latin), imprecātiō [feminine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-execration-en-noun-DBWali05 Disambiguation of 'act or instance of cursing': 99 1
  2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-execration-en-noun-oJVhI2MO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: execrate, execrative, execrator, execratory

Inflected forms

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