Definition for AB-HOR'RENT

AB-HOR'RENT, a.

  1. Hating, detesting, struck with abhorrence.
  2. Contrary, odious, inconsistent with, expressive of extreme opposition; as, slander is abhorrent to all ideas of justice. In this sense, it should be always followed by to – abhorrent from is not agreeable to the English idiom.

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