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Detestation

Detestation Meaning & Definition
Detestation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Detestation?

[n] hate coupled with disgust

Synonyms | Synonyms for Detestation: abhorrence | abomination | execration | loathing | odium

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See Also | disgust | hate | hatred

Detestation In Webster's Dictionary

\Det`es*ta"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. detestatio: cf. F. d['e]testation.] The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing. We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war. --Burke.

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