| NOUN | communication | imprecation, malediction | the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) |
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| communication | imprecation | a slanderous accusation |
| Meaning | The act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult). | |
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| Example | "he suffered the imprecations of the mob" | |
| Synonym | malediction | |
| Broader | execration, condemnation, curse | An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group |
| Spanish | imprecación, maldición | |
| Catalan | imprecació, maledicció | |
| Verbs | imprecate | wish harm upon |
| Meaning | A slanderous accusation. | |
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| Broader | accusation, accusal | A formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person |
| Spanish | imprecación | |
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