contrapasso
The English word “contrapasso” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- The concept that the punishment of an individual's soul in Hell corresponds to the sin that person committed on earth.
Etymology
Coined by Dante in his work Inferno, from contra (“counter”) and passo (“step, pace”).
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