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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Per-dĭ'tion, n.

noun

(-dĭsh'un), n. [Lat. perditio, from perdere, perditum, to ruin, to lose, from the pref. per, through, and dare, to give; Fr. perdition, Pr. perdicio, Sp. perdicion, It. perdizione.]

  1. Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin. “The perdition of the Turkish fleet.” Shak.
  2. The utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death. If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition. J. M. Mason.