detestation (detest ash on)

[F. détesta tion Pr. detestatio = Sp. detest a cion = Pg. de testação It. detest azione, = detestari, pp. detest at us, detest: see detest.] Extreme dislike; hatred; abhorrence; loathing: with of. In how different a degree of detestation numbers of wicked actions stand there, tho' equally bad and vicious in their own natures! Sterne , Tristram Shandy, ii. 18. We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil wars. Burke .