termination n
1. a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license" [syn: expiration, expiry]
2. a place where something ends or is complete [syn: end point, endpoint, terminus]
3. something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" [syn: result, resultant, final result, outcome]
4. the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" [syn: ending]
5. the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" [syn: ending, conclusion]

Termination \Ter`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. terminatio a bounding, fixing, determining: cf. F. terminasion, OF. also termination. See Term.]
1. The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.
2. That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line.
3. End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.
4. End; conclusion; result. --Hallam.
5. Last purpose of design. [R.]
6. A word; a term. [R. & Obs.] --Shak.
7. (Gram.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.

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