abhorrence; hatred. a person or thing detested.

What is meant by detestation?

1 : extreme hatred or dislike : abhorrence, loathing. 2 : an object of hatred or contempt.

How do you use detestation in a sentence?

They had a detestation of the degradation of living creatures by degraded human beings. We have repeatedly made clear our detestation of acts of violence, by whomsoever committed. They expressed a dread of the future, nothwithstanding their detestation of the war.