damnations

noun

plural of damnation
as in punishments
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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  1. punishments
  2. condemnations
Noun
  • However, the court scaled back the punishments handed down by a lower court last year.
    — Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Ecuador’s Moises Caicedo and Argentina’s Nicolas Otamendi also avoided carrying pending punishments into the World Cup.
    — Amber Harding, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of punishments
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  • To resent a rival is par for the course in the villa, but Toni and Shakira’s condemnations registered as truly antisocial.
    — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
  • The condemnations keep coming four days after security officers escorted five diabetes experts out of the American Diabetes Association meeting in New Orleans for handing out copies of an editorial criticizing federal cuts to biomedical research.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 9 June 2026
Definition of condemnations
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