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Imprecation

Imprecation Meaning & Definition
Imprecation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Imprecation?

[n] the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob"
[n] a slanderous accusation

Synonyms | Synonyms for Imprecation: malediction

Related Terms | Find terms related to Imprecation: adjuration | anathema | appeal | application | ban | beseechment | bid | blasphemy | call | clamor | commination | cry | curse | cursing | cussing | damnation | denunciation | entreaty | evil eye | excommunication | execration | fulmination | hex | imploration | imploring | invocation | invocatory plea | malediction | malison | malocchio | obsecration | obtestation | orison | petition | plea | prayer | profanity | proscription | rogation | suit | supplication | swearing | thundering | whammy

See Also | accusal | accusation | condemnation | curse | execration

Imprecation In Webster's Dictionary

\Im`pre*ca"tion\, n. [L. imprecatio: cf. F. impr['e]cation.] The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse. Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. --Motley. Syn: Malediction; curse; execration; anathema. See {Malediction}.

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