perdition
noun
- great and tragic loss
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /pɜː(ɹ)ˈdɪ.ʃən/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English perdicioun, from Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (“to destroy, to lose”).
- Eternal damnation.
“I son ov perdition / From sheer nothingness transgressed”
- Hell.
- Absolute ruin; downfall.
“Their decision to buy stocks just before the crisis led to their perdition.”