 A damned human "in damnation" is said to be either in Hell, or living in a state wherein they are divorced from Heaven and/or in a state of disgrace from God's favor.Following the religious meaning, the words "damn" and "goddamn" are a common form of religious profanity, in modern times often semantically weakened to the status of mere interjections.Classical Latin "damnum" means "damage, cost, expense; penalty, fine", ultimately from a PIE root "*dap-".