ab·hor·rence \-hȯrən(t)s, -här-\noun (-s) 1.: the act or state of abhorring : the feeling of one who abhors : loathing < the good man has an abhorrence of evil — M.H.Weseen > 2.: one that is abhorred : object of loathing < disguise of every sort is my abhorrence — Jane Austen >