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Definition of Permanent

Permanent

Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved; abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting; as, a permanent impression.

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Abiding, Any, As, Change, Character, Continuing, Durable, Fixed, Form, Impression, In, Lasting, Or, Permanent, Remaining, Same, Stable, State, That, The, Without

Permanent Quotations

If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
Oscar Wilde

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
Mahatma Gandhi

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
Mahatma Gandhi

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.
Ernest Hemingway

Permanent Translations

permanent in Afrikaans is vas
permanent in Dutch is bestendig, gestaag, constant
permanent in Italian is permanente, fisso, durabile
permanent in Latin is proprius
permanent in Portuguese is permanente
permanent in Spanish is asentado, permanente, subsistente

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