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deperditions

deperditions is the plural of deperdition.

Meaning of deperdition

Noun

deperdition (countable and uncountable, plural deperditions)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of loss or destruction.
    • For the activity of the agent, being not able to overmaſter the reſiſtance of the patient, there will enſue no deperdition.1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Cameleon”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 163
    Synonyms:
    loss or destruction

Questions about deperditions

What is deperditions the plural of?
Deperditions is the plural of deperdition.

Words near deperditions in the dictionary

  1. deperched
  2. deperches
  3. deperching
  4. deperditely
  5. deperdition
  6. deperditions
  7. deperdits
  8. deperetellid
  9. deperetellids
  10. deperimeterization
  11. deperimeterized

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