for life
Until the end
For life means for the duration of someone's existence—permanently and irrevocably.
A life sentence imprisons someone for life.
Friends for life expect their bond to last until death.
The phrase often appears in commitments: married for life, scarred for life.
It can also modify positions: a job for life, president for life.
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- ride or dieUnfailingly loyal person
- best friends foreverEnduring mutual devotion
- bondBinding tie or connection
- eternalLasting without end
ceaseless · dedication · covenant · loyalty · fidelity · blood brother · sworn enemy · promise · pledge · irrevocable · commitment · oath · till death · everlasting · enduring · tenure · perpetual · vow
- eternityeternity, everlasting, eternal, timeless, perpetuity
for lifetemporary
Limited in duration
temporarily · for now · short-term · briefly · for a while
for lifeconditionally
With requirements attached
provisionally · tentatively · halfheartedly · noncommittally · at will
life, for, lively, alive, living, lifetime, lives, livestock, lifelong