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What does abhorrence mean?

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Noun
  1. Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17th century.]
  2. (obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II. [Late 17th century.]
  3. A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing. [Mid 18th century.]
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It is up to all of us to demonstrate our abhorrence of sectarianism, discrimination and racism.
And what's the deal with management consultants and their abhorrence of footnotes?
Whilst some may find this titillating we cannot but regard it with abhorrence.
Despite ever-growing public abhorrence of this most antisocial crime, numbers of drivers caught over the limit are rising.
His abhorrence of presumed criminal accomplices within the black robed fraternity has been well scripted.
Perhaps only a long period of education or propaganda could remove our abhorrence.

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