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maledictions

maledictions is the plural of malediction.

Meaning of malediction

Noun

malediction (countable and uncountable, plural maledictions)

  1. A curse.
    • [H]is friend, with great ebullience of paſſion, many praiſes of his own good play, and many maledictions on the power of chance, took up the cards, and threw them into the fire.1771, [Henry Mackenzie], “His Skill in Physiognomy”, in The Man of Feeling, 2nd edition, London: Printed for T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 94
    Antonyms:
    benediction
  2. Evil speech.

Questions about maledictions

What is maledictions the plural of?
Maledictions is the plural of malediction.

Words near maledictions in the dictionary

  1. maledicta balloon
  2. maledicta balloons
  3. maledicted
  4. maledicting
  5. malediction
  6. maledictions
  7. maledictive
  8. maledictology
  9. maledictory
  10. maledicts
  11. maledight

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