execration

[ ek-si-krey-shuhn ]

/ ˌɛk sɪˈkreɪ ʃən /

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Definition of execration

noun

the act of execrating.

a curse or imprecation: The execrations of the prophet terrified the sinful multitude.

the object execrated; a thing held in abomination.

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1350–1400; Middle English execracioun<Latin ex(s)ecrātiōn- (stem of ex(s)ecrātiō). See execrate, -ion

Madoff looked strangely content in the back of the car as he was driven away to a future of unremitting execration.
Did We All Go Mad?|Tina Brown|December 15, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Many of the Girondists in the Assembly gave vehement but unavailing utterance to their execration of the massacres.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
A howl of execration burst forth, but it was stayed by the entrance of two people from the private portion of the palace.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
A violent reaction took place on the accession of Decius, whose name became an object of execration to mankind.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow

The Greek word has become blended with the Hebrew phrase, and the compound used as a formula of execration.
Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853|Various
In a succession of libels Spencer Cowper was held up to the execration of the public.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay