abhorrence
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He conveys the grief and terror felt by abolitionists in the founding generation, who predicted catastrophe, and the abhorrence of the institution among such men as Adams, who believed in emancipation by gradual means.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
It had everything to do with the public’s interest in the news and the First Amendment’s abhorrence of prior restraints.
From Slate ● May 21, 2024
What's just as bad is the abhorrence problem, meaning that sometimes the original meaning of the Constitution is clear enough, but the results of an "originalist" interpretation would be morally abhorrent to most Americans today.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2022
"They are an abhorrence to the men and women who make up this organisation who go out day in day out to protect the most vulnerable. They damage our standing and professional reputation."
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2021
Zero and infinity had destroyed the Arisotelian philosophy; the void and the infinite cosmos had eliminated the nutshell universe and the idea of nature’s abhorrence of the vacuum.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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The Book Thief
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