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abhorrence

[ab-hawr-uhns, -hor-] / æbˈhɔr əns, -ˈhɒr- /


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Sampson said: "Balancing these considerations in my view, including the public abhorrence to this practice, there has to be a custodial sentence."

From BBC May 15, 2026

The gingery hero of “Bookish” has an abhorrence of murder.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

It had everything to do with the public’s interest in the news and the First Amendment’s abhorrence of prior restraints.

From Slate May 21, 2024

In general, we can say that police harbor a kind of natural abhorrence of protest because it's disorderly and policing is about the production of social order.

From Salon May 14, 2024

He liked to set things up, and had an abhorrence of blundering along without having considered the alternatives well in advance.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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