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DAMNATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of damning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("damnation" is a kind of...):
denouncement; denunciation (a public act of denouncing)
Derivation:
damn (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
Synonyms:
damnation; eternal damnation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("damnation" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "damnation"):
fire and brimstone ((Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners)
Derivation:
damn (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon)
