Obs. rare–1. [f. L. abhorrē-re after nouns in -ition, repr. L. -itiōnem, f. pa. pple., wanting in this vb. in L.] The action of abhorring, abhorrence.
1656. Hen. Earl of Monmouth, Advert. fr. Parnassus, 222. Whose damn’d writings many forbore to read, out of meer abhorition of such things.
