Synonyms for perdition
pərˈdɪʃ ənperdi·tion

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1. perditionnoun

   Synonyms:
   netherworld, underworld, hell, Hades, abyss, inferno

2. perditionnoun

   eternal damnation

   Synonyms:
   Hades, underworld, hell, inferno, netherworld, abyss

3. perditionnoun

   hell

   Synonyms:
   underworld, Hades, abyss, netherworld, inferno, hell

4. perditionnoun

   absolute ruin

   Synonyms:
   abyss, netherworld, inferno, hell, underworld, Hades

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1. perdition

   Synonyms:
   destruction, ruin, loss, demolition

   Antonyms:
   restoration, recovery, renovation, rescue, salvation

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1. Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pitnoun

   (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

   Synonyms:
   orchestra pit, hellhole, stone pit, infernal region, netherworld, sin, quarry, cavity, blaze, nether region, endocarp, pit, underworld, fossa, the pits, colliery, stone, inferno, conflagration, pitfall, hell, snake pit, hell on earth

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1. • Christianity
   • Imaginary Place

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1. eternal damnation

   on the road to perdition

   Submitted by anonymous on January 28, 2020  

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1. perditionnoun

   Synonyms:
   ruin, destruction, overthrow, wreck, downfall, utter loss

2. perditionnoun

   Synonyms:
   eternal death, future misery

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1. perditionnoun

   Synonyms:
   ruin, wreck, destruction, hell

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How to use perdition in a sentence?

1. George Barrell Cheever:

   Faith in tomorrow, instead of Christ, is Satan's nurse for man's perdition.

2. Henry Thomas Buckle:

   If you can impress any man with an absorbing conviction of the supreme importance of some moral or religious doctrine if you can make him believe that those who reject that doctrine are doomed to eternal perdition if you then give that man power, and by means of his ignorance blind him to the ulterior consequences of his own act,-he will infallibly persecute those who deny his doctrine.

3. William Shakespeare:

   Excellent wretch Perdition catch my soul, But I do love thee and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again.

4. William Shakespeare, "Othello", Act 3 scene 3:

   Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul,But I do love thee! and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again.