damnation

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"To all who in my service prosper in a worldly way--damnation, upon my honourable Satanic word Who the devil Whisht!_" P. Sybarite reproved.

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  1. noun The act of damning or the condition of being damned.
  2. noun Condemnation to everlasting punishment; doom.
  3. noun Everlasting punishment.
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  • Many Koranic verses were revealed emphasizing ... the judgement upon them of cursed damnation, and exile from His mercy, e.g. Koran 5: 13: "For breaking their covenant, We curse them, and have made their hearts hard." —  Jihad Watch
  • For fans and fantasy leaguers, it is a day when anticipation gives way to salvation or damnation -- or, worse, purgatory. —  dispatch.com: RSS
  • Eternal damnation is a serious thing and Austin is guilty of leading God's sheep astray. —  WordPress.com News
  • Under this 'tyranny of health', cancer has come to play the role of threatened damnation, the ultimate punishment that awaits those who eat the wrong foods, refuse to shape up and, most importantly, do not kowtow to health advice from on high.
  • But those who believe in eternal punishment will say the destruction of the soul refers to something totally different -- damnation that will have no end. —  American Chronicle
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  1. from Middle English damnacion, -oun, dampnacion, from Old French damnation, damnacion, damnaison, etc., French damnation = Provencal dampnatio = Old Spanish damnacion, dañacion = Portuguese damnação = Italian dannazione, from Latin damnatio(n-), condemnation, from damnare, past participle damnatus, condemn, damn: see damn, and cf. condemnation.
 

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