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deathlessness

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death⋅less

  [deth-lis]
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–adjective
1. not subject to death; immortal: the belief that the human soul is deathless.
2. unceasing; perpetual: his deathless devotion to the cause.
3. likely to endure because of superior quality, timelessness, etc. (sometimes used ironically): deathless prose.
Origin:
1590–1600; death + -less

Related forms:
death⋅less⋅ly, adverb
death⋅less⋅ness, noun
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death·less   (děth'lĭs)   
adj.  Not subject to termination or death; immortal: deathless renown.
death'less·ly adv., death'less·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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