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perpetuity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of perpetuity

endless time

  • lands that should remain in their wild state in perpetuity
Synonyms of perpetuity

eternity, everlasting, foreverness, infinity
Words Related to perpetuity

boundlessness, endlessness, interminableness, limitlessness, permanence, permanency, timelessness
Near Antonyms of perpetuity

ephemerality, impermanence, temporariness, transience, transitoriness

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