clôture

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: clo=ture

OXFORD DICTIONARY

clôture, n. & v. US
--n. the closure of a debate.
--v.tr. closure.

Etymology

F cl{ocirc}ture f. OF CLOSURE

THESAURUS

clôture

cloture by compartment, committee consideration, debate, deliberation, division, filibuster, filibustering, filing, first reading, guillotine, introduction, kangaroo cloture, logrolling, roll call, second reading, steamroller methods, tabling, talkathon, third reading, vote

ROGET THESAURUS

clôture

Cessation

N cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence, intermission, remission, suspense, suspension, interruption, stop, stopping, closure, stoppage, halt, arrival, pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop, interregnum, abeyance, cloture, dead stop, dead stand, dead lock, finis, cerrado, blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration, comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop, end, death, I pause for a reply.