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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
imprecation
    n 1: the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and
         usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations
         of the mob" [syn: imprecation, malediction]
    2: a slanderous accusation

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Imprecation \Im`pre*ca"tion\, n. [L. imprecatio: cf. F.
   impr['e]cation.]
   The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a
   prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.
   [1913 Webster]

         Men cowered like slaves before such horrid
         imprecations.                            --Motley.

   Syn: Malediction; curse; execration; anathema. See
        Malediction.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for imprecation:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
adjuration, anathema, appeal, application, ban, beseechment, bid, blasphemy, call, clamor, commination, cry, curse, cursing, cussing, damnation, denunciation, entreaty, evil eye, excommunication, execration, fulmination, hex, imploration, imploring, invocation, invocatory plea, malediction, malison, malocchio, obsecration, obtestation, orison, petition, plea, prayer, profanity, proscription, rogation, suit, supplication, swearing, thundering, whammy
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