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PERPETUATION Synonyms

There are 12 synonyms of the word perpetuation. (exact relations)
There are 2 hypernyms of the word perpetuation. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for PERPETUATION

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preservation
nounn
noun

• the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

• the condition of being (well or ill) preserved

• a process that saves organic substances from decay

• an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

prolongation
nounn
noun

• the act of prolonging something

• amount or degree or range to which something extends

• the consequence of being lengthened in duration

protraction
nounn
noun

• the consequence of being lengthened in duration

• the act of prolonging something

continuation
nounn
noun

• the act of continuing an activity without interruption

• a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it

• a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction

• the consequence of being lengthened in duration

extension
nounn
noun

• a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt

• act of expanding in scope; making more widely available

• the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

• an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students

• act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb

• a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename

• the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to

• the ability to raise the working leg high in the air

• amount or degree or range to which something extends

• an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

• an addition to the length of something

• an addition that extends a main building

maintenance
nounn
noun

• activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

• means of maintenance of a family or group

• court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

• the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

• the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community

propagation
nounn
noun

• the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

• the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

• the movement of a wave through a medium

survival
nounn
noun

• a state of surviving; remaining alive

• a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

• something that survives

perpetuating
verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• cause to continue or prevail

prolonging
verb, nounv, n
verb

• lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• lengthen or extend in duration or space

continuance
nounn
noun

• the act of continuing an activity without interruption

• the period of time during which something continues

• the property of enduring or continuing in time

lengthening
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• the act of prolonging something

Best Hypernyms For PERPETUATION

Here is a list of related hypernyms for perpetuation, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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Alternatives for PRESERVATION

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