What does the word odium mean?

Usage examples for odium

  1. Are you willing to sustain all the odium, to endure all the contumely, to which your acknowledged union with one of my unfortunate race will subject you? – The Garies and Their Friends by Frank J. Webb
  2. I cannot believe that Mr. C- really intended to hold you up to public odium. – Lessons in Life, For All Who Will Read Them by T. S. Arthur