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    perdition

    perdition - Dictionary definition and meaning for word perdition

    Definition
    (noun) (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
    Example Sentence
    • Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell
    • a demon from the depths of the pit
    • Hell is paved with good intentions
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for perdition

It sounds like partition.. So Relate perdition to Partition of India in 1947 due to which several families were completely ruined.

'PERpectual adDIcTION' ;i.e; never ending addiction leads to ruin ultimately.

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There was a movie named Road to Perdition, if someone has seen it he can very well relate to this word

PER-Completely + DI-DIe => Perdition - Completely Die

If someone has listened to the song ghost of perdition by the band Opeth, he/she can easily relate to it.

perdition can be relate with pardon, no pardon for the people who commit sins in the earth.

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