damnation

noun

(religion) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.

The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.

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perditionn execrationn reprobationn imprecationn condemnationn anatheman malison excommunicationn ruinationn castigationn

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