damnation
dam nay shuhn
- n the act of damning
- n the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
- A forbidding aura hangs over the ancient right of sanctuary: the rich sacredness of the precincts of the church, the ability of the clergy to send violators to damnation, the .
- Tom Hanks' movie version has clearly resigned himself to damnation.
- So when we look at stem cell research and other Faustian intrusions into the divine workmanship, we see, alternately, damnation or salvation in the exercise.