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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: damnation n 1: the act of damning 2: the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell [syn: {eternal damnation}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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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