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Noun: malediction  `ma-li'dik-shun
  1. The act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
    "he suffered the maledictions of the mob"
    - imprecation

Derived forms: maledictions

See also: maledict

Type of: condemnation, curse, execration

Encyclopedia: Malediction

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