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What does abhorrence mean?

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  1. Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17th century.]
  2. (obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II. [Late 17th century.]
  3. A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing. [Mid 18th century.]
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Each and every one of them was there to display their abhorrence at the way the Government is treating the college.
His abhorrence for these brands of nationalism can be extrapolated from his attitude toward the peasantry.
Despite ever-growing public abhorrence of this most antisocial crime, numbers of drivers caught over the limit are rising.
Perhaps only a long period of education or propaganda could remove our abhorrence.
It is up to all of us to demonstrate our abhorrence of sectarianism, discrimination and racism.
I've never proactively analysed the issue to see what my own stance is, possibly because it won't align with my abhorrence of the death penalty.

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