Ĕx'e-crā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. execratio, exsecratio, Fr. exécration, Sp. execracion, It. esecrazione.] 1. The act of cursing; a curse pronounced; imprecation of evil; utter detestation expressed. Cease, gentle queen, these execrations. Shak. 2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.