Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PER-DI'TION, n. [L. perditio, from perdo, to lose, to ruin. Qu. per and do, or Gr. περθω.]

1. Entire loss or ruin; utter destruction; as, the perdition of the Turkish fleet. – Shak. [In this sense, the word is now nearly or wholly obsolete.]
2. The utter loss of the soul or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death. The impenitent sinner is condemned to final perdition. If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition. – J. M. Mason.
3. Loss. [Not used.] – Shak.