damnation

[ dam-ney-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of damning damning or the state of being damned. damned.
2. a cause or occasion of being damned. damned.
3. Theology. condemnation to eternal punishment as a consequence of sin.
4. an oath expressing anger, disappointment, etc.

interjection

1. (used in exclamatory phrases to express anger, disappointment, etc.)

damnation

/ dæmˈneɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of damning or state of being damned
2. a cause or instance of being damned

interjection

1. an exclamation of anger, disappointment, etc

damnation

1. Eternal punishment in hell . ( See mortal sin/venial sin .)

Other Words From

• nondam·nation noun
• predam·nation noun
• self-dam·nation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of damnation¹

1250–1300; Middle English dam ( p ) nacioun < Old French damnation < Latin damnātiōn- (stem of damnātiō ), equivalent to damnāt ( us ) (past participle of damnāre; damn, -ate ¹ ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

What is verifiable is that, after supposedly saving David from damnation by demanding that a demon enter his body, Arne stabbed Alan Bono to death during a night of boozy partying.

From The Daily Beast

Let them not be abandoned of God, unto those Courses that will hasten them to a Damnation that slumbers not.

From Project Gutenberg

Hell and Damnation are strange entertaining words upon the Stage!

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She assented with enthusiasm to the Doctrine of Eternal Damnation, and a gentler-hearted creature than she never lived.

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The Damnation de Faust alone was given in its entirety a hundred and fifty times in thirty years.

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Captain Damnation was made to retreat, and to intrench himself further off of Mansoul.

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