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Definitions for damnation
dæmˈneɪ ʃəndamna·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. damnationnoun

    the act of damning

  2. damnation, eternal damnationnoun

    the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell

Wiktionary

  1. damnationnoun

    The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.

  2. damnationnoun

    Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Damnationnoun

    Exclusion from divine mercy; condemnation to eternal punishment.

    Etymology: from damn.

    He that hath been affrighted with the fears of hell, or remembers how often he hath been spared from an horrible damnation, will not be ready to strangle his brother for a trifle. Jeremy Taylor, Worthy Communicant.

    Now mince the sin,
    And mollify damnation with a phrase:
    Say you consented not to Sancho’s death,
    But barely not forbade it. John Dryden, Spanish Fryar.

Wikipedia

  1. Damnation

    Damnation (from Latin damnatio) is the concept of divine punishment and torment in an afterlife for actions that were committed, or in some cases, not committed on Earth. In Ancient Egyptian religious tradition, citizens would recite the 42 negative confessions of Maat as their heart was weighed against the feather of truth. If the citizen's heart was heavier than a feather they would be devoured by Ammit. Zoroastrianism developed an eschatological concept of a Last Judgment called Frashokereti where the dead will be raised and the righteous wade through a river of milk while the wicked will be burned in a river of molten metal. Abrahamic religions such as Christianity have similar concepts of believers facing judgement on a last day to determine if they will spend eternity in Gehenna or heaven for their sin [Mark 3:29]. A damned human "in damnation" is said to be either in Hell, or living in a state wherein they are divorced from Heaven and/or in a state of disgrace from God's favor. Following the religious meaning, the words damn and goddamn are a common form of religious profanity, in modern times often semantically weakened to the status of mere interjections.

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  1. damnation

    Damnation refers to the concept of divine punishment, usually taking the form of eternal torment or suffering, inflicted on a soul after death due to their sinful actions or rejection of a deity during their lifetime. It is a concept often associated with certain religions or belief systems, most notably Christianity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Damnationnoun

    the state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation

  2. Damnationnoun

    condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself

  3. Damnationnoun

    a sin deserving of everlasting punishment

  4. Etymology: [F. damnation, L. damnatio, fr. damnare. See Damn.]

Wikidata

  1. Damnation

    Damnation is the concept of everlasting divine punishment and/or disgrace, especially the punishment for sin as threatened by God. A damned being "in damnation" is said to be either in Hell, or living in a state wherein they are divorced from Heaven and/or in a state of disgrace from God's favor. Those Christians in purgatory, the "Church Suffering", are not considered damned, because their stay there is not eternal, while people who are damned to Hell will stay there eternally. Following the religious meaning, the words damn and goddamn are a common form of religious profanity, in modern times often semantically weakened to the status of mere interjections.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of damnation in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of damnation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of damnation in a Sentence

  1. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

    It is neither liberal nor conservative to lie or to commit adultery. It is simply wrong. It is neither liberal nor conservative to obey the laws of the Church. It is simply right. Wrong and right are the difference between death and life. They are the guideposts along the paths to damnation or to eternal life. That difference is what our lives are really about. All the rest is distraction.

  2. Bruce Springsteen:

    All that redemption, damnation, all the Martin Scorsese films. ... As I got older I stopped fighting against it. Now I draw on it and enjoy it. Theres no greater well to draw on than myths of Catholicism. Everything is in there.

  3. Lois McMaster Bujold:

    War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.

  4. Vernon Schutz:

    A resurrection waits in the future of all people, whether saved or lost, kingdom saints or the Body of Christ. 'Marvel not at this for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and come forth they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation' (Jn. 528, 29).

  5. Bruce Springsteen:

    All my work was informed by my years in Catholic school, all that redemption, damnation, all the Martin Scorsese films. ... As I got older I stopped fighting against it. Now I draw on it and enjoy it. Theres no greater well to draw on than myths of Catholicism. Everything is in there.

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