Noun
A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain - fratricidal war. African Spir
I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure seemed to swing irrevocably between horror and malediction. Elie Wiesel
I tap a Malediction out of the box, fire it up, and puff. It tastes like a tire fire in a candy factory next door to a strip club. The best cigarettes ever. Richard Kadrey
he suffered the imprecations of the mob Source: Internet