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malediction n. 咒,壞話 咒,壞話 malediction 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" [synonym: {imprecation}, {malediction}] Malediction \Mal`e*dic"tion\, n. [L. maledictio: cf. F. mal['e]diction. See {Maledicent}.] A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to {benediction}. [1913 Webster] No malediction falls from his tongue. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Syn: Cursing; curse; execration; imprecation; denunciation; anathema. Usage: {Malediction}, {Curse}, {Imprecation}, {Execration}. Malediction is the most general term, denoting bitter reproach, or wishes and predictions of evil. Curse implies the desire or threat of evil, declared upon oath or in the most solemn manner. Imprecation is literally the praying down of evil upon a person. Execration is literally a putting under the ban of excommunication, a curse which excludes from the kingdom of God. In ordinary usage, the last three words describe profane swearing, execration being the strongest. [1913 Webster] 18 Moby Thesaurus words for "malediction": anathema, ban, blasphemy, commination, curse, damnation, denunciation, evil eye, excommunication, execration, fulmination, hex, imprecation, malison, malocchio, proscription, thundering, whammy MALEDICTION, Eccl. law. A curse which was anciently annexed to donations
of lands made to churches and religious houses, against those who should violate their rights.
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