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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
termination
n 1: a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his
driver's license" [syn: {expiration}, {expiry}]
2: the act of ending something "the termination of the
agreement" [syn: {ending}, {conclusion}]
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