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perpetuity

noun
/ˌpɜː(ɹ)pɪˈtjuːɪti/UK/ˌpɝpəˈtuːɪti/US

Etymology

From Middle English perpetuitee, perpetuite, perpetuyte, from Old French perpetüité, ultimately from Latin perpetuitās.

  1. derived from perpetuitās
  2. derived from perpetüité
  3. inherited from perpetuitee

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being perpetual

    The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.

    • The gnomic belief that the world is conditioned by love is no idle apothegm. Love, as the instrument of creative agencies and cosmic perpetuity, is no banausic conception.

  2. Something that is perpetual.

  3. A limitation intended to be unalterable and of indefinite duration

    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.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.

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Derived

in perpetuity, nonperpetuity

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for perpetuity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA