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perdition

noun

  1. great and tragic loss
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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”).

  1. Eternal damnation.

    I son ov perdition / From sheer nothingness transgressed

  2. Hell.
  3. Absolute ruin; downfall.

    Their decision to buy stocks just before the crisis led to their perdition.