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Odium \O"di*um\ ([=o]"d[i^]*[u^]m), n. [L., fr. odi I hate. Cf.
{Annoy}, {Noisome}.]
1. Intense hatred or dislike; loathing; abhorrence.
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2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
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She threw the odium of the fact on me. --Dryden.
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3. The state of being intensely hated as the result of some
despicable action; opprobrium; disrepute; discredit;
reproach mingled with contempt; as, his conduct brought
him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.
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{Odium theologicum}[L.], the enmity peculiar to contending
theologians.
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Syn: Hatred; abhorrence; detestation; antipathy.

Usage: {Odium}, {Hatred}. We exercise hatred; we endure
odium. The former has an active sense, the latter a
passive one. We speak of having a hatred for a man,
but not of having an odium toward him. A tyrant incurs
odium. The odium of an offense may sometimes fall
unjustly upon one who is innocent.
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I wish I had a cause to seek him there,
To oppose his hatred fully. --Shak.
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You have . . . dexterously thrown some of the
odium of your polity upon that middle class
which you despise. --Beaconsfield.
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