damnation
    n 1: the act of damning
    2: the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
       [syn: damnation, eternal damnation]

Damnation \Dam*na"tion\, n. [F. damnation, L. damnatio, fr.
   damnare. See Damn.]
   1. The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed
      disapprobation.
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   2. (Theol.) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the
      future state, or the punishment itself.
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            How can ye escape the damnation of hell? --Matt.
                                                  xxiii. 33.
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            Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation. --Shak.
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   3. A sin deserving of everlasting punishment. [R.]
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            The deep damnation of his taking-off. --Shak.
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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.