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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detestation \Det`es*ta"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. detestatio: cf F.
d['e]testation.]
The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence;
loathing.
We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war.
--Burke.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
detestation
n : hate coupled with disgust [syn: {abhorrence}, {abomination},
{execration}, {loathing}, {odium}]
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