Associations to the word «Perdition»

Wiktionary

PERDITION, noun. Eternal damnation.
PERDITION, noun. Hell.
PERDITION, noun. Absolute ruin.

Dictionary definition

PERDITION, noun. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope