perdition
noun
[ pəˈdɪʃ(ə)n ]
• (in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unrepentant person passes after death.
Similar:
damnation,
eternal punishment,
hell,
hellfire,
spiritual destruction,
doom,
ruin,
ruination,
condemnation,
destruction,
downfall,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French perdiciun, from ecclesiastical Latin perditio(n- ), from Latin perdere ‘destroy’, from per- ‘completely, to destruction’ + the base of dare ‘put’.
