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Definition of perdition noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

perdition

noun
 
/pɜːˈdɪʃn/
 
/pɜːrˈdɪʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. punishment that lasts forever after death
    Word Originlate 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’.
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