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English Dictionary: Detestation by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detestation
n
  1. hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detestation \Det`es*ta"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. detestatio: cf. F.
      d[82]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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