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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King