imprecación

Definitions of imprecación
  1. noun
    an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
    synonyms: execración
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    types:
    anatema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
    type of:
    condena, delación, denuncia, denunciación
    a public act of denouncing
  2. noun
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
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    type of:
    execración
    an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
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