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detestation|diːtɛˈsteɪʃən|
[a. F. détestation (14th c. in Godef. Suppl.), ad. L. dētestātiōn-em, n. of action from dētestārī to detest.]
†1. Public or formal execration (of a thing); formal testifying against anything. Obs.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 285 For the detestacion of that dede, the Frenche men made a statute that noo woman after here scholde reioyce the realme of Fraunce. 1590Swinburne Testaments 274 In these cases the testament is void, in detestation of such odious shiftes and practises. a1633Austin Medit. (1635) 216 St. Paul rent his Garments in detestation of it. 1658T. Wall Charac. Enemies Ch. (1659) 50 The unreasonable creature..in detestation of the sinner whom it serves, is made obnoxious to temporal punishment. 1683Brit. Spec. 108 [Galgacus] by his rough Oratory in detestation of Servitude and the Roman Yoke, having [etc.].
2. a. The feeling or mental state of detesting; intense dislike or hatred; abhorrence, loathing.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 12 To the great detestacyon & uttermost despysyng of all the transitory goodes..of this worlde. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. 40 Induce theim to the feare of God, and utter detestation of al synne. 1660R. Coke Justice Vind. Pref. 15, I did in detestation of the thing..set myself to make these observations upon it. 1688in Gutch Coll. Cur. I. 436 Something..which he had..sometime call'd a Dislike, sometime an Abhorrence, sometime a Detestation of the Pr. of Orange's proceedings. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Rowe Wks. III. 30 The fashion..of the time was, to accumulate upon Lewis all that can raise horrour and detestation. 1834Macaulay Ess., Pitt (1854) 296 The object of the Duchess of Marlborough's fiercest detestation. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 189 His detestation of priests and lawyers.
b. to hold or have in detestation: to regard with hatred or abhorrence, to abominate. to be in detestation: to be held in abhorrence, to be detested.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 65, I have the state of these times in great detestation. Ibid. 155 Such as told you truth..were in contempt, disdain, hate, and detestation. 1607Rowlands Famous Hist. 46 Let God and man hold me in detestation. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) I. i. 6 They held all sea-faring persons in detestation. 1847Marryat Childr. N. Forest xii, One who is joined to a party which I hold in detestation.
3. concr. That which is detested; the object of intense dislike.
1728Swift Mullinix & Timothy, Thou art grown the detestation of all thy party. 1792T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) III. 343 This..business is becoming more and more the public detestation. 1849C. Brontë Shirley i. 10 As if he were the darling of the neighbourhood..being, as he is, its detestation. |