noun / interjection
damnation
dam-NAY-shun/dæmˈneɪʃn/
Condemnation to eternal religious punishment.
The soul faces damnation at the gates of eternal punishment.
Etymology
The verb for condemning someone supplied a noun for the act or result of condemnation. Alongside judicial sentencing, it came to denote God's sentence to punishment in the afterlife.
In context
saving them from Eternal damnation and all the suffering you're you're still you still get to do uh the the naughty things that you want to do
More examples
- She fears damnation more than death.
- The sermon contrasts salvation with damnation.
- "Damnation!" he cries when the key snaps in the lock.
Forms
damnation
damn verb — To condemn someone to eternal religious punishment.
damned adjective — Condemned to eternal punishment in hell.
Similar words
- condemnation
- Broader judgment against someone, not necessarily involving eternal punishment.
- perdition
- Emphasizes the state of eternal ruin rather than condemnation.