'Perdition' definitions:
Definition of 'perdition'
From: WordNet
noun
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson [syn: Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit] [ant: Heaven]
Definition of 'Perdition'
From: GCIDE
- Perdition \Per*di"tion\ (p[~e]r*d[i^]sh"[u^]n), n. [F., fr. L. perditio, fr. perdere, perditum, to ruin, to lose; per (cf. Skr. par[=a] away) + -dere (only in comp.) to put; akin to Gr. tiqe`nai, E. do. See Do.]
- 1. Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin. [1913 Webster]
- The mere perdition of the Turkish fleet. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (religion) Damnation; the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death. [1913 Webster]
- If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition. --J. M. Mason. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Loss or diminution. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Hell; hades; as, on the path to perdition. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'perdition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Abaddon,
- abyss,
- avichi,
- bereavement,
- bloodbath,
- blue ruin,
- breakup,
- carnage,
- condemnation,
- consumption,
- cost,
- damage,
- damnation,
- dead loss,
- debit,
- decimation,
- denial,
- denudation,
- depredation,
- deprivation,
- desolation,
- despoilment,
- despoliation,
- destruction,
- detriment,
- devastation,
- disintegration,
- disorganization,
- dispossession,
- disruption,
- dissolution,
- divestment,
- doom,
- downfall,
- expense,
- forfeit,
- forfeiture,
- Gehenna,
- Hades,
- hades,
- havoc,
- hecatomb,
- hell,
- holocaust,
- infernal regions,
- inferno,
- injury,
- jahannan,
- limbo,
- loser,
- losing,
- losing streak,
- loss,
- lower world,
- Naraka,
- nether world,
- netherworld,
- Pandemonium,
- pit,
- place of torment,
- privation,
- purgatory,
- ravage,
- robbery,
- ruin,
- ruination,
- sacrifice,
- shades below,
- shambles,
- Sheol,
- slaughter,
- spoliation,
- stripping,
- taking away,
- the abyss,
- the bottomless pit,
- the grave,
- the pit,
- Tophet,
- total loss,
- underworld,
- undoing,
- vandalism,
- waste,
- wrack,
- wrack and ruin,
- wreck