The word odious means unpleasant or repulsive.
However, I think that this question was trying to get you to infer that using context clues from the passage, which you probably should've attached to get an answer geared more specifically towards this question.
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The abolitionists (those who wanted to get rid of slavery) disliked what President Abraham Lincoln had said in his inaugural address, which was that the Constitution left the problem of slavery up to each state to decide over, and that as president, he was obligated to uphold said Constitution. The abolitionists, however, believed in a higher law which was above the Constitution and above the Union as well.
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Salvation in Christianity, or deliverance, redemption is the "saving [of] human beings from death and separation from God" by Christ's death and resurrection,[1][note 1] and the justification following this salvation. Christians partake in this redemption by baptism, repentance, and participating in Jesus' death and resurrection.
The presidential power to pardon checks the judicial system. <em> I hope this helps!</em>