NOUN | communication | malediction, imprecation | the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) |
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Meaning | The act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult). | |
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Synonym | imprecation | |
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 | maledict | wish harm upon |
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