perpetuity
perpetuity is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 37 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Something that is perpetual. South.
- 2.Endless time. "And yet we should, for perpetuity, go hence in debt." Shak.
- 3.(Annuities) (a) The number of years in which the simple interest of any sum becomes equal to the principal. (b) The number of years' purchase to be given for an annuity to continue forever. (c) A perpetual annuity.
- 4.(Law) (a) Duration without limitations as to time. (b) The quality or condition of an estate by which it becomes inalienable, either perpetually or for a very long period; also, the estate itself so modified or perpetuated.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- boundless
- countless
- end
- endless
- ever
- exhaustless
- for
- have
- illimitable
- illimited
- immeasurable
- immense
- incalculable
- incomprehensible
- indefinite
- inexhaustible
- infinite
- infiniteness
- infinitude
- infinity
- innumerable
- interminable
- know
- limit
- limitless
- measure
- measureless
- number
- numberless
- perpetual
- sumless
- termless
- unbounded
- unlimited
- unnumbered
- untold
- without
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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