perdition
Syllables: per·di·tion/pɜː(ɹ)ˈdɪ.ʃən/
perdition noun: eternal damnation.
Noun
perdition (countable and uncountable, plural perditions)
- Eternal damnation.
- I son ov perdition / From sheer nothingness transgressed2009, “Ov Fire and the Void”, in Evangelion, performed by Behemoth
- Antonyms:
- salvation
- Hell.
- Synonyms:
- Hades, inferno, netherworld, underworld, abyss
- Absolute ruin; downfall.
- Their decision to buy stocks just before the crisis led to their perdition.
- Synonyms:
- ruin, doom, destruction
- Antonyms:
- redemption
perdition meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Malay
perdition in Bengali
- ধ্বংস, জাহান্নাম, নরক
perdition in Malayalam
- അധോഗതി, വിനാശം, ക്ഷയം, മുടിവ്
perdition in Kannada
- ಅಳಿವು, ಆತ್ಮನಾಶ, ಅಧೋಗತಿ, ವಿನಾಶ, ಸರ್ವನಾಶ
perdition in Malay
- hell
- neraka
More languagesFewer languages
- perdition in Persian
- نفرین ابدی nefrin-e abadi, دوزخ duzax, نابودی nâbudi, دمار damâr
Synonyms of perdition
Antonyms
Forms of perdition
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Origin of perdition
From Middle English perdicioun, from Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (“to destroy, to lose”).
Words formed from perdition
Words that rhyme with perdition
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
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- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
- adposition
Questions about perdition
- What does perdition mean?
- Perdition means eternal damnation.
- What is perdition in Bengali?
- Perdition in Bengali is ধ্বংস, জাহান্নাম, নরক. See Perdition meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is perdition?
- Perdition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce perdition?
- Perdition is pronounced /pɜː(ɹ)ˈdɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of perdition?
- The plural of perdition is perditions.
Words near perdition in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: perdition (page history and authors); perdition (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perdition (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perdition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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