imprecation
nounThe act of imprecating.
nounA curse.
nounThe act of imprecating or invoking evil; a malediction; a prayer or expressed wish that a curse or calamity may befall some one.
nounSynonyms Curse, Execration, etc. See
The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.
nounThe act of
A curse.
nouna slanderous accusation
nounthe act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)