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malediction
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mal·e·dic·tion  (ml-dkshn)
n.
1.
a. The calling down of a curse.
b. A curse.
2. Slander.
male·dicto·ry (-dkt-r) adj.
malediction [mal-lid-dik-shun]
Noun
the utterance of a curse against someone or something [Latin maledictio a reviling]
maledictory adj
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Noun1.malediction - the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob"
imprecation
curse, execration, condemnation - an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
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