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Perdition

//pɜː(ɹ)ˈdɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Eternal damnation. countable, uncountable

    "I son ov perdition / From sheer nothingness transgressed"

  2. 2
    (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment wordnet
  3. 3
    Hell. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Absolute ruin; downfall. countable, uncountable

    "Their decision to buy stocks just before the crisis led to their perdition."

Etymology

From Middle English perdicioun, from Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (“I destroy, I lose”).

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