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Definition of: damnation
(dam·nā′shən) noun
1. Condemnation to future punishment or perdition.
2. The act of damning or the state of the damned.
3. Ruinous adverse criticism or public disapproval, as of a book or play.
4. Cause or occasion of eternal punishment; a mortal sin.
5. Obs. Condemnation. [<F <L damnatio, -onis <damnare condemn]
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