Both Uses of
perdition
in
Wuthering Heights
- On the contrary, I shall have great pleasure in sending it to perdition to punish its Maker,' exclaimed the blasphemer.†
Chpt 9 *
- It gave Joseph satisfaction, apparently, to watch him go the worst lengths: he allowed that the lad was ruined: that his soul was abandoned to perdition; but then he reflected that Heathcliff must answer for it.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(perdition) hell; (in Christianity: where Satan resides and non-saved suffer eternal punishment)