execration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun hate coupled with disgust
    odium; abhorrence; abomination; detestation; loathing.
  2. noun an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
    condemnation; curse.
  3. noun the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated

WordNet

Ex`e*cra"tion noun
Etymology
L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. exécration.
Definitions
  1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.
    Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak.
  2. That which is execrated; a detested thing.
    Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.
    Syn. -- See Malediction.

Webster 1913