the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of reviling; abuse; contemptuous or insulting language; a reproach.
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n. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
Word Usage
"It is but natural that in the face of scepticism which I cannot share I should feel greater faith, that in the face of revilement a sense of the glory of the thing belittled should settle upon me."