Definition of "abomination"

abomination

/əˌbɒ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural abominations
1. (countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
  Quotations
  Onely th’adulterous Anthony, most large / In his abhominations, turnes you off
  c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene vi], page 354, columns 1–2
  Religious sodomy was practised by male prostitutes in the Hebrew temple groves, which was one of the abominations of Israel that Josiah cleared away.
  1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 160
2. (uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred
3. (obsolete, uncountable) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution.
4. (countable) That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred (often with religious undertones).
  Quotations
  Appalled by a child she found hideous, Philyra begged the gods to free her from having to rear such an abomination.
  2012, Kathleen Jenks, “Cronus”, in Brian Kinsey, editor, Gods and Goddesses of Greece and Rome, page 61