Definition of Perdetion
Per*di"tion (?), n. [F., fr. L.
perditio, fr. perdere, perditum, to ruin, to
lose; per (cf. Skr. parā away) + -dere
(only in comp.) to put; akin to Gr. &?;, E. do. See Do.]
1. Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp.,
the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state;
future misery or eternal death.
The mere perdition of the Turkish
fleet. Shak.
If we reject the truth, we seal our own
perdition. J. M. Mason.
2. Loss of diminution. [Obs.]
Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- eternal damnation
- hell
- absolute ruin
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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