Noah Webster
Perdition
PERDI'TION, noun [Latin perditio, from perdo, to lose, to ruin.]
1. Entire loss or ruin; utter destruction; as the perdition of the Turkish fleet.
[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
3. Loss. [Not used.]