perdición

Definitions of perdición
  1. noun
    an event that results in destruction
    synonyms: ruina
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    types:
    desolación, devastación
    an event that results in total destruction
    type of:
    demolición, derribo, derrumbamiento, destrucción
    an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
  2. noun
    (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
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    antonyms:
    cielo
    the abode of God and the angels
    types:
    fuego del infierno
    a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned
    type of:
    lugar imagianario
    a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
  3. noun
    the process of becoming dilapidated
  4. noun
    something causing misery or death
    synonyms: azote, castigo, lacra, plaga, ruina, veneno
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