damnation Definition
dam·na·tion (dam nā′s̸hən)
noun
a damning or being damned
Etymology: ME damnacioun < OFr damnation < LL(Ec) damnatio, the displeasure of God < L, condemnation
used to express anger
damnation Synonyms
damnation
n.
damnation Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- hell: They imagine they may live and die in their sins, and nevertheless " escape the damnation of hell.
- soul: Thus Plato delays the damnation of these souls by ensnaring the noblest part of them their intellectual imagination.
- man: We proclaim the damnation of other men at the peril of our own souls.
Converse of object
- deserve: There is no soft way of saying this, but the truth is we all deserve damnation.
- escape: They imagine they may live and die in their sins, and nevertheless " escape the damnation of hell.
- face: If anyone opposed this power they faced eternal damnation as well as execution.
- receive: These I believe are at serious risk of receiving Damnation.
- suffer: For centuries we have blindly submitted to the Myth of Indianism and suffered damnation.
- proclaim: We proclaim the damnation of other men at the peril of our own souls.
Preposition: in
hell: No doctrines, no threats of damnation in Hell exist to coerce people into adopting our faith.
Adjective modifier
- eternal: Gone is the fear of eternal damnation, the weariness of working for heaven.
- everlasting: According to the bible, the original sinner, who tempted man into everlasting damnation, was a woman.
- own: The embodiment of the lesser forces of the universe who inspired dread, the threat of our own damnation.
- such: Casting oneself into philosophical doubt, such damnation remains a possibility.
- low: Lower, lower, damnation, we do nothing.
- final: Final damnation, hell, final judgment, eternal wrath on sinners.
Noun used with modifier
drinketh: For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
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