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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky