contrapasso
Meanings
noun
- The concept that the punishment of an individual's soul in Hell corresponds to the sin that person committed on earth.
Word forms
Etymology
Coined by Dante in his work Inferno, from contra (“counter”) and passo (“step, pace”).
Related words
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