[dam-ney-shuhn] Pronunciation Key | 1. | the act of damning or the state of being damned. |
| 2. | a cause or occasion of being damned. |
| 3. | Theology. condemnation to eternal punishment as a consequence of sin. |
| 4. | an oath expressing anger, disappointment, etc. |
| 5. | (used in exclamatory phrases to express anger, disappointment, etc.) |
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| dam·na·tion
(dām-nā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.
interj. Used to express anger or annoyance. See Regional Note at tarnation. |
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| damnation | |
noun | |
| 1. | the act of damning |
| 2. | the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell |
damnation
Eternal punishment in hell. (See mortal sin/venial sin.)
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Damnation
Dam*na"tion\, n. [F. damnation, L. damnatio, fr. damnare. See Damn.]1. The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation. 2. (Theol.) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself. How can ye escape the damnation of hell? --Matt. xxiii. 33. Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation. --Shak. 3. A sin deserving of everlasting punishment. [R.] The deep damnation of his taking-off. --Shak.
Damnation
in Rom. 13:2, means "condemnation," which comes on those who withstand God's ordinance of magistracy. This sentence of condemnation comes not from the magistrate, but from God, whose authority is thus resisted. In 1 Cor. 11:29 (R.V., "judgment") this word means condemnation, in the sense of exposure to severe temporal judgements from God, as the following verse explains. In Rom. 14:23 the word "damned" means "condemned" by one's own conscience, as well as by the Word of God. The apostle shows here that many things which are lawful are not expedient; and that in using our Christian liberty the question should not simply be, Is this course I follow lawful? but also, Can I follow it without doing injury to the spiritual interests of a brother in Christ? He that "doubteth", i.e., is not clear in his conscience as to "meats", will violate his conscience "if he eat," and in eating is condemned; and thus one ought not so to use his liberty as to lead one who is "weak" to bring upon himself this condemnation.
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