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countable and uncountable, plural detestations
Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence. examples
Something detested. quotations examples
“… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. …”
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad