Aeon
Aeon noun - A long or seemingly long period of time.
Usage example: glaciers that formed aeons ago
Cycle
Cycle noun - A long or seemingly long period of time.
Usage example: years, centuries, and cycles will pass before I budge on that issue
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- Near the end of the game, the heroes discover that the method of defeating Sin is what perpetuates the cycle - the "Final Aeon" called by the Final Summoning becomes the next Sin.
Source: Vicious Cycle -
Except the Summoner dies, and one of their Guardians is transformed into the Final Aeon (and later the new Sin) to restart the cycle.
Source: Pyrrhic Victory - It turns out that Jecht became the Final Aeon for the last Final Summoning, resulting in him becoming the current Sin because of the Vicious Cycle perpetuated by Yu Yevon.
Source: Disappeared Dad
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Cycle and Aeon. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/aeon/cycle
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Cycle or Aeon. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/aeon/cycle.
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