Meanings
plural perditions
- countableuncountableAbsolute ruin; downfall.
Their decision to buy stocks just before the crisis led to their perdition.
Synonyms: ruin, doom, destruction · Antonyms: redemption
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEternal damnation.
nounHell.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinperdo“to destroy, to lose”
- Late Latinperditio
- Old Frenchperdiciun
- Middle Englishperdicioun
- Englishperdition
From Middle English perdicioun, from Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (“to destroy, to lose”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ад, ад
- ад (ad)eternal damnation
- ад (ad)hell
- гибел (gibel)absolute ruin
Czech věčné zatracení, zkáza
- věčné zatraceníeternal damnation
- zkázaabsolute ruin
- záhubaabsolute ruin
Danish evig fordømmelse, helvede
- evig fordømmelseeternal damnation
- helvedehell
- undergangabsolute ruin
Dutch eeuwige verdoemenis, hel
- eeuwige verdoemeniseternal damnation
- helhell
- verderfabsolute ruin
Esperanto pereo
- pereoeternal damnation
Finnish kadotus, helvetti
- kadotuseternal damnation
- helvettihell
- tuhoabsolute ruin
French enfer
- enferhell
German ewige Verdammnis, Hölle
- ewige Verdammniseternal damnation
- Höllehell
Hungarian örök kárhozat, pokol
- örök kárhozateternal damnation
- pokolhell
Icelandic glötun, glötun
- glötuneternal damnation
- glötunabsolute ruin
Japanese 劫罰, 地獄
- 劫罰 (gōbatsu)eternal damnation
- 地獄 (jigoku)hell
- 衰滅 (suimetsu)absolute ruin
Malay neraka
- nerakahell
Persian نفرین ابدی, دوزخ
- نفرین ابدی (nefrin-e abadi)eternal damnation
- دوزخ (duzax)hell
- نابودی (nâbudi)absolute ruin
- دمار (damâr)absolute ruin
Polish wieczne potępienie, piekło
- wieczne potępienieeternal damnation
- piekłohell
Portuguese perdição, inferno
- perdiçãoeternal damnation
- infernohell
- perdiçãoabsolute ruin
Russian прокля́тие, гее́нна
- прокля́тие (prokljátije)eternal damnation
- гее́нна (gejénna)hell
- ги́бель (gíbelʹ)absolute ruin
Spanish perdición, infierno
- perdicióneternal damnation
- infiernohell
- perdiciónabsolute ruin
Swedish evig fördömelse, helvete
- evig fördömelseeternal damnation
- helvetehell
- fördärvabsolute ruin
Turkish cehennem, cehennem
- cehennemeternal damnation
- cehennemhell
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
perdition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perdition
“perdition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perdition. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perdition,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perdition.
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