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Awful rejection of wedding vow by Oscar from America (6)

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I believe the answer is:

odious

'awful' is the definition.
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'rejection of wedding vow by oscar from america' is the wordplay.
'rejection of' is a reversal indicator.
'wedding vow' becomes 'ido' ('I do' is part of the traditional wedding vows).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'oscar' becomes 'O' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'from america' becomes 'us'.
'ido' written backwards gives 'odi'.
'odi'+'o'+'us'='ODIOUS'

(Other definitions for odious that I've seen before include "Really obnoxious, generally disliked" , "Extremely unpleasant" , "Detestable, execrable" , "Comparisons are said to be thus" , "Hateful and disgusting" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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