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# perdition

noun (perdition, uncountable)

«perdition» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (church, old) Perdition is everlasting punishment after death, often meaning hell, in old Christian language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perdition/#m1)
2. (old, formal) Complete ruin or disaster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perdition/#m2)

### In the lessons

In old Bible translations, hymns and classic stories: «the road to perdition». Today it sounds old-fashioned or dramatic. It tells the reader about a terrible fate.

### Examples

- The preacher warned against the road to perdition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perdition/#x1)
- In the old story, the pirate feared eternal perdition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perdition/#x2)
- Old hymns sometimes speak of perdition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perdition/#x3)
- Gambling led him to perdition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perdition/#x4)
- Christians believe Jesus came to save people from perdition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perdition/#x5)
- The book calls greed the path to perdition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perdition/#x6)

### Note

Old-fashioned, uncountable. Similar: damnation, hell, ruin. Not used in everyday speech.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «perdition» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perdition/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«perdition» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perdition.html) on Mova free.