perdition

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

• IPA^(key): /pɜː(ɹ)ˈdɪ.ʃən/
• Hyphenation: per‧di‧tion
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

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perdition (countable and uncountable, plural perditions)

1. Eternal damnation.

   Antonym: salvation

   • 2009, “Ov Fire and the Void”, in Evangelion, performed by Behemoth:

     I son ov perdition / From sheer nothingness transgressed

2. Hell.

   Synonyms: Hades, inferno, netherworld, underworld, abyss

3. Absolute ruin; downfall.

   Synonyms: ruin, doom, destruction

   Antonym: redemption

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

• perdure

• direption, tropidine

Inherited from Old French perdiciun, borrowed from Late Latin perditiōnem, from Latin perdō.

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.di.sjɔ̃/

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perdition f (plural perditions)

1. perdition

   un lieu de perdition ― a den of iniquity

• perdre
• perte

• → Romanian: perdiție

• “perdition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012