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# abhorrence

noun (no plural in common use)

«abhorrence» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Abhorrence is a deep feeling of hatred or disgust for something wrong or cruel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abhorrence/#m1)

### In the lessons

a wife or hero who shows strong disgust at any betrayal or wrongdoing

### Examples

- She felt abhorrence for the cruel steward. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abhorrence/#x1)
- His abhorrence of lies made him honest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abhorrence/#x2)
- Everyone showed abhorrence at the thief. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abhorrence/#x3)
- The faithful wife held cheating in abhorrence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abhorrence/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means the shame and disgust that the wicked will face after the dead awake.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this verse as an early clear statement of resurrection and of reward and punishment after death.

### Examples

- And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproaches and everlasting abhorrence. (Writings DAN.12.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abhorrence/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «abhorrence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abhorrence/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«abhorrence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/abhorrence.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «abhorrence» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abhorrence/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«abhorrence» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/abhorrence.html) on Mova free.