Associations to the word «Perpetuity»

Wiktionary

PERPETUITY, noun. (uncountable) The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
PERPETUITY, noun. (countable) Something that is perpetual.
PERPETUITY, noun. (countable) (legal) 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.
PERPETUITY, noun. (countable) (finance) An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.

Dictionary definition

PERPETUITY, noun. The property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless).

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin