damnation
- noun
- /dæmˈneɪʃən/
- Literature
- Repent or eternal damnation.
- eternal damnation
- salvation or damnation
- lead to damnation
I fear eternal damnation, but I'm an atheist.
- I fear eternal damnation, but I'm an atheist.
- The book elegantly reveals how deeply both clergy and their followers feared not simply death, but also eternal damnation.
- The church is the bride of Christ will save us from damnation that we deserve.
- If you listen to a Trump rally, it is full blown Hellfire damnation.
Examples
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Mother Angelica warned the faithful that they risked eternal damnation if they saw the film.
Academic text (1991) -
He came back to save us from our eternal damnation.
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And never saved a single soul from damnation.
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When your reason is leading you to eternal damnation, I suggest you abandon it.
Blog text (1) -
OK, yes, we are all facing an eternal damnation because we are we are totally depraved as humans.
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Here you may redeem yourself and, God willing, save yourself from eternal damnation.
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Through carefully crafted sermons, the preachers made the celebrants feel wicked, anticipate damnation, and tremble for their souls.
Academic text (1994) -
Religious secrecy would be seen as sinful, dooming the unenlightened to eternal damnation and jeopardizing one's own chance for salvation.
Academic text (2001) -
He came back to save us from our eternal damnation.
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Repent or face eternal damnation as a consequence of your actions.
Synonyms
A religious idea of a place after death where people who do wrong suffer forever
A place of burning where people suffer forever after death
Punishment that never ends in Hell for doing something wrong
A state of never ending suffering after death, like hell
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How Hostile
- Literature
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- Literature
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Etymology
The word damnation comes from the Latin verb damnare, which means 'to condemn', and is related to the English word damage, which means 'harm' or 'loss'. So damnation came to mean being judged and sent to eternal punishment.