eternity

eter·ni·ty

noun \i-ˈtər-nə-tē\

plural eter·ni·ties

Definition of ETERNITY

1

: the quality or state of being eternal

2

: infinite time <lasting throughout eternity>

3

plural : age 3b

4

: the state after death : immortality

5

: a seemingly endless or immeasurable time <an eternity of delays>

Examples of ETERNITY

1. They believed that sinners would spend eternity in hell.
2. We suffered through an eternity of delays during the lawsuit.

Origin of ETERNITY

Middle English eternite, from Middle French eternité, from Latin aeternitat-, aeternitas, from aeternus

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to ETERNITY

Synonyms: everlasting, foreverness, infinity, perpetuity

Related Words: boundlessness, endlessness, interminableness, limitlessness, permanence, permanency, timelessness

Near Antonyms: ephemerality, impermanence, temporariness, transience, transitoriness

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Rhymes with ETERNITY

fraternity, maternity, modernity, paternity, quaternity