perdition

1. 1.

   (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

   “Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell”

   “a demon from the depths of the pit”

   “Hell is paved with good intentions”

   SynonymsHellInfernoinfernal regionnether regionpit

   Broaderimaginary place

   NarrowerGehennahellfire

   Christianity

Other forms of perdition

plural

perditions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about perdition

What does perdition mean?

perdition means "(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment".

How many syllables are in perdition?

perdition has 4 syllables: per-di-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for perdition?

Close synonyms include Hell, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is perdition a common word?

perdition is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.