Definitions for DAMNATION
dæmˈneɪ ʃəndamna·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. damnationnoun

   the act of damning

2. damnation, eternal damnationnoun

   the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

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.]

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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. Dahlia Belle:

   I'm a 40-year-old comedian and Black, transgender woman who grew up in the'80s and'90s, i couldn't care less about jokes being made at my expense. I grew up fearing my imminent murder and/or eternal damnation. What makes' The Closer' unacceptable is the intense gaslighting of multiple, vulnerable communities.

2. Wystan Hugh Auden:

   All sin tends to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is what is called damnation.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Lois McMaster Bujold:

   Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DAMNATION
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Damnation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=DAMNATION
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnation
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DAMNATION
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=DAMNATION