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perdition

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /pɜː(ɹ)ˈdɪ.ʃən/
  • rhymes with -ɪʃən
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Eternal damnation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: salvation

2

noun

Meaning 2

Hell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Hades, inferno, netherworld, underworld, abyss

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Absolute ruin; downfall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ruin, doom, destruction

Antonyms: redemption

4

noun

Meaning 4

(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment- John Milton-Dr. Johnson

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell
  • a demon from the depths of the pit
  • Hell is paved with good intentions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Hell, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place

Narrower terms: Gehenna, Tartarus, hellfire, red region

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ад (ad) — eternal damnation
  • Czech: věčné zatracení — eternal damnation
  • Danish: evig fordømmelse — eternal damnation
  • Dutch: eeuwige verdoemenis — eternal damnation
  • Esperanto: pereo — eternal damnation
  • Finnish: kadotus — eternal damnation
  • German: ewige Verdammnis — eternal damnation
  • Hungarian: örök kárhozat — eternal damnation
  • Icelandic: glötun — eternal damnation
  • Japanese: 劫罰 (gōbatsu) — eternal damnation
  • Macedonian: про́клетство (prókletstvo) — eternal damnation
  • Persian: نفرین ابدی (nefrin-e abadi) — eternal damnation
  • Polish: wieczne potępienie — eternal damnation
  • Portuguese: perdição — eternal damnation
  • Russian: прокля́тие (prokljátije) — eternal damnation
  • Serbo-Croatian: prokletstvo — eternal damnation
  • Spanish: perdición — eternal damnation
  • Swedish: evig fördömelse — eternal damnation
  • Turkish: cehennem — eternal damnation
  • Bulgarian: ад (ad) — hell
  • Danish: helvede — hell
  • Dutch: hel — hell
  • Finnish: helvetti — hell
  • French: enfer — hell
  • German: Hölle — hell
  • Japanese: 地獄 (jigoku) — hell
  • Macedonian: пе́кол (pékol) — hell
  • Macedonian: ад (ad) — hell
  • Malay: neraka — hell
  • Persian: دوزخ (duzax) — hell
  • Polish: piekło — hell
  • Portuguese: inferno — hell
  • Russian: гее́нна (gejénna) — hell
  • Serbo-Croatian: pakao — hell
  • Spanish: infierno — hell
  • Swedish: helvete — hell
  • Turkish: cehennem — hell
  • Bulgarian: гибел (gibel) — absolute ruin
  • Czech: zkáza — absolute ruin
  • Czech: záhuba — absolute ruin
  • Danish: undergang — absolute ruin
  • Dutch: verderf — absolute ruin
  • Finnish: tuho — absolute ruin
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (fralusts) — absolute ruin
  • Icelandic: glötun — absolute ruin
  • Japanese: 衰滅 (suimetsu) — absolute ruin
  • Macedonian: про́паст (própast) — absolute ruin
  • Macedonian: ги́бел (gíbel) — absolute ruin
  • Persian: نابودی (nâbudi) — absolute ruin
  • Persian: دمار (damâr) — absolute ruin
  • Portuguese: perdição — absolute ruin
  • Russian: ги́бель (gíbelʹ) — absolute ruin
  • Serbo-Croatian: propast — absolute ruin
  • Spanish: perdición — absolute ruin
  • Swedish: fördärv — absolute ruin