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Definitions

perpetuation

[per-pech-oo-ey-shuhn] / pərˌpɛtʃ uˈeɪ ʃən /

NOUN

continuance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

continuation

STRONG

constancy endurance extension guts longevity period permanence protraction run survival term vitality

Antonyms

WEAK

arrest end ending finish hindrance obstruction stop stoppage

NOUN

continuation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

continuance continuity extension preservation

STRONG

assiduity duration endurance furtherance increase line postscript production prolongation propagation protraction sequel succession supplement sustenance tenacity

WEAK

augmenting continuing enduring going on increasing maintaining perpetuating persisting preserving producing prolonging protracting sustaining

Antonyms

STRONGEST

stoppage

WEAK

cessation end finish halt stop termination

NOUN

duration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

continuation extent period span

STRONG

continuance continuity endurance persistence prolongation run spell stretch term tide time

Antonyms

STRONG

end stoppage

NOUN

endlessness

Synonyms

STRONG

ceaselessness eternity permanence perpetuity timelessness

WEAK

ages and ages eternality eternalness forever

NOUN

eternality

Synonyms

WEAK

ages and ages ceaselessness eternalness eternity everlastingness forever infinity permanence perpetuity timelessness

NOUN

eternalness

Synonyms

WEAK

ages and ages ceaselessness eternality eternity everlastingness forever infinity permanence perpetuity timelessness

NOUN

everlastingness

Synonyms

STRONG

afterlife ceaselessness endlessness eternity hereafter permanence perpetuity timelessness

WEAK

ages and ages deathlessness eternality eternalness everlasting life forever

NOUN

permanence

Synonyms

STRONG

dependability durability immutability permanency stability

NOUN

persistency

Synonyms

STRONG

assiduity continuance continuity continuum duration endurance extension furtherance increase line persistence postscript preservation production prolongation propagation protraction sequel succession supplement sustenance tenacity

WEAK

augmenting continuing enduring going on increasing maintaining perpetuating persisting preserving producing prolonging protracting sustaining

Antonyms

STRONG

curtailment decrease destruction end hindrance indifference ruin stoppage

NOUN

preservation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

care conservancy conservation safeguarding safety security storage

STRONG

curing defense evaporation freezing guard guardianship keeping refrigeration safeguard safekeeping salvation saving shield support sustentation tanning ward

WEAK

canning pickling preserval upholding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

danger neglect

STRONG

endangerment harm hurt injury

WEAK

destruction ruin

Example Sentences

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Chris Sununu is a courageous ally in the perpetuation of civil society, of the peaceful interface between business and government.

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2025

And yet, as viewers learn by the end of "Baby Reindeer," Martha's serial-stalking tendencies are a perpetuation of pain she weathered as a child, in an ostensibly unstable home.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2024

Like the majority, I find myself morally unable to endorse the perpetuation of this mass atrocity.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024

For decades, the trend has induced anxiety among Jewish leaders in America who fret that it threatens the perpetuation of the Jewish people.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

He would also be struck by the dramatically elevated significance of one particular institutional force in the perpetuation and deepening of those patterns: the criminal justice system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

perpetuation

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