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noun
The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Something that is perpetual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A limitation intended to be unalterable and of indefinite duration; a disposition of property which attempts to make it inalienable beyond certain limits fixed or conceived as being fixed by the general law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: law
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noun
An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: business, finance
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noun
the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sempiternity
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Broader terms: permanence, permanency
History
From Middle English perpetuitee, perpetuite, perpetuyte, from Old French perpetüité, ultimately from Latin perpetuitās.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
