Definition & Meaning of "malediction"in English

Malediction

a spoken curse intended to inflict harm by invoking supernatural malevolence and retaliation

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Abstract

Composition

Compound

Countable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

maledictions

Examples

The voodoo priestess placed a dreaded malediction on the man who had wronged her tribe.

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