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erlasting 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.

To invoke damnation; to curse. "While I inwardly damn." Goldsmith.

Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature. A creature unprepared unmeet for dealth, And to transport him in the mind hi is, Were damnable. Shak.

The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness. The damnableness of this most execrable impiety. Prynne.

Tendency to bring damnation. "The damningness of them [sins]." Hammond.

in love, but directly to say -- "I love you." Shak. Siren, now mince the sin, And mollify damnation with a phrase. Dryden. If, to mince his meaning, I had either omitted some part of what he said, or taken from the strength of his expression, I certainly had wronged him. Dryden.

To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at. It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation. South.

ns are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven.

do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat. That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation. Milton. You never spoke what did become you less Than this; which to reiterate were sin. Shak.

Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t. The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak.