as in punishment
the sending of someone to hell as punishment after death
The minister spoke about death and damnation. He feared a sentence of eternal damnation for the sins of his youth.
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Popular on Variety Based on historical records, the film is inspired by the true stories of women who attempted to end their lives by committing murders in order to escape the damnation promised to men and women who committed suicide.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
Therefore, those women were able to end their lives while sparing their souls damnation and their families the social stigma of suicide.
—Mike Miller, EW.com, 28 June 2024
Suicide by Proxy In early Modern Europe, suicide was a sin to be punished with eternal damnation.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Unlike the male villager who hangs himself towards the movie’s halfway point, therefore condemning his spirit to eternal damnation in the pits of hell, the child-killer had a chance to atone for her sins before she was publicly executed for them — a suicide by proxy.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2024
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
Therefore, those women were able to end their lives while sparing their souls damnation and their families the social stigma of suicide.
—Mike Miller, EW.com, 28 June 2024
Suicide by Proxy In early Modern Europe, suicide was a sin to be punished with eternal damnation.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Unlike the male villager who hangs himself towards the movie’s halfway point, therefore condemning his spirit to eternal damnation in the pits of hell, the child-killer had a chance to atone for her sins before she was publicly executed for them — a suicide by proxy.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2024
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“Damnation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damnation. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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