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Synonyms for damnation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dam-ney-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : dæmˈneɪ ʃən

Définition of damnation

Origin :
  • c.1300, "condemnation to Hell by God," also "fact of being condemned by judicial sentence," from Old French damnation, from Latin damnationem (nominative damnatio), noun of action from past participle stem of damnare (see damn). As an imprecation, attested from c.1600.
  • Damnation follows death in other men,But your damn'd Poet lives and writes agen. [Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell, 1707 or 1708]
  • noun everlasting punishment
Example sentences :
  • The “Damnation of Faust,” dramatic legend, as Berlioz calls it, was written in 1846.
  • Extract from : « The Standard Cantatas » by George P. Upton
  • And I will keep it,” he cried, “my beautiful little love, my—Damnation!
  • Extract from : « The Master of the Ceremonies » by George Manville Fenn
  • Damnation is stated to be the punishment which those who resist the powers that be, will suffer.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Furnace » by John H. Aughey
  • The "Damnation of Faust," now finished, was given at the Opéra, and was not a success.
  • Extract from : « The World's Great Men of Music » by Harriette Brower
  • Sandy Flash has a fine piece of horse-flesh, but you beat him once—Damnation!
  • Extract from : « The Story Of Kennett » by Bayard Taylor
  • Damnation, though inevitable, is not an alluring subject of contemplation when it affects one's family.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Claghorn's Daughter » by Hilary Trent
  • Damnation is never mentioned:—it is treated as an impossible thing:—all men and women are to be saved!
  • Extract from : « Practical Religion » by John Charles Ryle
  • Damnation and the gallows to him who would reorganize the Past; to him who would conspire against the common fraternity!
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 » by Various
  • Hell and Damnation are strange entertaining words upon the Stage!
  • Extract from : « A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage » by Jeremy Collier
  • Damnation, Mr. Shawn, it's no article of faith, only a plain observation any man can make.
  • Extract from : « Wilderness of Spring » by Edgar Pangborn

Antonyms for damnation

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