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malediction Definition


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malediction
noun
    literary or formal:
    1. A curse or defamation.
      Thesaurus: curse, damnation, imprecation, execration, anathema; Antonym: blessing.
    2. An act or the process of cursing; the uttering of a curse.
Derivative: maledictory
adj
    Using or full of curses.
Etymology: 15c: from Latin maledictio, from male badly + dicere to speak.



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