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noun. the act of damning damning or the state of being damned. damned. a cause or occasion of being damned. damned. Theology. condemnation to eternal punishment as a consequence of sin. an oath expressing anger, disappointment, etc.
Add to word list. the act of sending someone to hell or the state of being in hell: eternal damnation He believed that he would be condemned to eternal damnation for what he had done. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Relgious concepts: Hell. chthonic. damn. damned. devildom.
In many religious traditions, when someone is damned, it means they are doomed to suffer horribly in hell forever. Damnation, therefore, is the action of sending someone to hell. However, this word can refer to other forms of being condemned. Being sentenced to prison is a type of damnation.
damnation. the state of being in hell; the act of sending somebody to hell. Want to learn more? Definition of damnation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word damnation. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. damnation has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. Christianity (Middle English) law (Middle English) Roman history (1870s) Roman law (1870s) See meaning & use.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dam‧na‧tion1 /dæmˈneɪʃən/ noun [ uncountable] when someone is punished by being sent to hell after their death, or the state of being in hell for ever → Purgatory Examples from the Corpus damnation • They have skirted annihilation and damnation.
damnation (noun) damnation /dæm ˈ neɪʃən/ noun. Britannica Dictionary definition of DAMNATION. [noncount] : the state of being in hell as punishment after death. The minister spoke about death and damnation. living in eternal damnation.
