malediction

The calling down of a curse.

A curse.

Slander.

In anc. eccles, law, a curse annexed to the donation of lands to churches or religious institutions against those who should violate their rights.

Evil speaking; a cursing; the utterance of a curse or execration; also, a curse.

Synonyms Malediction, Curse, Imprecation, Execration, Anathema. All these are strong words; they are all presumably of the nature of prayers, malediction having the least of this meaning. Malediction in its derivation contains the idea that is common to them all, that of expressing a desire for evil upon another. Curse, imprecation, and execration are often used of the wanton calling down of evil upon those with whom one is angry, but all five may indicate a formal or official act. Execration expresses most of personal hatred; indeed, the word is sometimes used simply to express an intense and outspoken hatred: as, he was held in execration. Anathema has kept within its original limits, as expressing a curse pronounced formally by ecclesiastical authority.

A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; — opposed to benediction.

A curse

Evil speech