perdition

[ per-dish-uh n ]

/ pərˈdɪʃ ən /

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noun

a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.

the future state of the wicked.

hell(def 1).

utter destruction or ruin.

Obsolete. loss.

Nearby words

percussor, percutaneous, percy, perdido, perdie, perdition, perdu, perdurable, perdure, perea, peregrinate

Origin of perdition

1300–50; < Latin perditiōn- (stem of perditiō) destruction, equivalent to perdit(us) (past participle of perdere to do in, ruin, lose, equivalent to per- per- + di-, combining form of dare to give + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn -ion; replacing Middle English perdiciun < Old French < Latin, as above

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Examples from the Web for perdition

Away to perdition with your cordials, or I set the dogs on you.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
I thought, however, that her perdition was involuntary, and that she was dragged down by the angels in their fall.
Thais|Anatole France
All who had separated from the Papal communion were alike outcasts, cut off from grace, children of perdition.
History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth. Vol. III|James Anthony Froude
And now you have got me to Alsander you want to drive me to perdition.
The King of Alsander|James Elroy Flecker

Till that instant the idea of a temptation of the evil one, of the possibility of perdition, had never entered my head.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems|Ivan Turgenev

British Dictionary definitions for perdition

perdition

/ (pəˈdɪʃən) /

noun

Christianity

final and irrevocable spiritual ruin
this state as one that the wicked are said to be destined to endure for ever

another word for hell

archaic utter disaster, ruin, or destruction

Word Origin for perdition

C14: from Late Latin perditiō ruin, from Latin perdere to lose, from per- (away) + dāre to give

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