perdition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   eternal spiritual punishment or damnation

   The preacher warned that an unrepentant soul faced perdition.

2. 2
   noun

   complete ruin, destruction, or loss

   The reckless policy seemed certain to lead the kingdom to perdition.

From Middle English perdicioun, via Old French from Late Latin perditio ("destruction, ruin"), from Latin perdere ("to destroy, lose"). Its religious use developed from the idea of the soul being irretrievably lost.

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