detestation

[ dee-te-stey-shuhn ]

/ ˌdi tɛˈsteɪ ʃən /

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noun

abhorrence; hatred.

a person or thing detested.

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Origin of detestation

1375–1425; late Middle English (<Middle French ) <Latin dētestātiōn- (stem of dētestātiō), equivalent to dētestāt(us) (past participle of dētestārī to detest; see -ate¹) + -iōn--ion

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deterrence, deterrent, detersive, detest, detestable, detestation, dethatch, dethrone, detick, det. in dup., detinue

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How to use detestation in a sentence

Hostility to the non-urban regions includes a detestation of suburbia.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As he was carried along he made his will, in which he bequeathed his detestation of popery to his friends and brethren.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
Into that game Michael poured all he felt of savage detestation for everything that the Modern side stood for.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
He therefore urged the Achaeans not only to decline the offer, but to hold Eumenes in detestation for thinking of making it.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2)|Polybius

But you are exhausted; and notwithstanding my detestation of that infernal tyrant, your master, I am a humane man.
Wandering Heath|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
She and Lady Ralegh had 'an ancient acquaintance,' which had resulted in mutual detestation.
Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing

British Dictionary definitions for detestation

detestation

/ (ˌdiːtɛsˈteɪʃən) /

noun

intense hatred; abhorrence

a person or thing that is detested

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