The state or process of being lost, ruined, or destroyed; the act of perishing or becoming irretrievably lost.
From Latin deperdition- (from deperdere, to lose completely), formed with -tion (Latin -tio, forming nouns from verbs). This Latinate formation parallels words like 'perdition' (utter ruin) with the intensifying de- prefix.
In medieval theological writing, 'deperdition' meant spiritual ruin or damnation—the complete loss of one's soul—but scholars also used it for literal losses, making it a word that bridged material and spiritual catastrophe.
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