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UKDetestation
/dɪtˌɛstˈeɪʃən/
/dɪtˌɛstˈeɪʃən/
Examples
1. As they sat grouped about their spoil, in the scanty light afforded by the old man’s lamp, he viewed them with a detestation and disgust, which could hardly have been greater, though they had been obscene demons, marketing the corpse itself.
2. Having weighed up the evidence and found no extenuating circumstances, the judge gave sentence: We, in detestation and horror of the said crime, and to the end that an example may be made and justice maintained, have said, judged, sentenced, pronounced and appointed that the said porker, now detained as a prisoner and confined in the said abbey, shall be by the master of high works hanged and strangled on a gibbet of wood.
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