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a•bom•i•na•tion

Pronunciation: (u-bom"u-nā'shun), [key]
—n.
1. anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred.
2. intense aversion or loathing; detestation: He regarded lying with abomination.
3. a vile, shameful, or detestable action, condition, habit, etc.: Spitting in public is an abomination.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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