A-bŏm'/i-nā'tion, n.

[Lat. abominatio, Fr. abomination.] 1. The act of abominating; extreme hatred; abhorrence; detestation. His new subjects . . . have nothing in so great abomination as those whom they hold for heretics. Swift.

2. That which is abominable or detestable; any thing hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile. “Antony, most large in his abominations.” Shak.
3. That which causes pollution or wickedness of any kind. “Ashtaroth, the abomination of the Sidonians.” 2 Kings xxiii. 13.

SYN.—Detestation; loathing; disgust; aversion; loathsomeness; odiousness.