abhorred

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The petitioners, however, persisted—when a new party rose to express their abhorrence of petitioning; both parties nicknamed each other the petitioners and the abhorrers!

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac

The gentlemen of every county, the traders of every town, the boys of every public school, were divided into exclusionists and abhorrers.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Great numbers of the abhorrers, from all parts of England, were seized by order of the commons, and committed to custody.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by Hume, David

Thus the nation came to be distinguished into petitioners and abhorrers.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by Hume, David