termination

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ter=mi=na=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

termination, n. [L. terminatio a bounding, fixing, determining: cf. F. terminasion, OF. also termination. See Term.].

•  The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line.  [1913 Webster]
•  End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.  [1913 Webster]
•  End; conclusion; result.  Hallam.  [1913 Webster]
•  Last purpose of design.  [1913 Webster]
•  A word; a term.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

termination, n.
1 the act or an instance of terminating; the state of being terminated.
2 Med. an induced abortion.
3 an ending or result of a specified kind (a happy termination).
4 a word's final syllable or letters or letter esp. as an element in inflection or derivation.

Idiom

put a termination to (or bring to a termination) make an end of.

Derivative

terminational adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF termination or L terminatio (as TERMINATE)

THESAURUS

termination

Z, abandonment, abortion, apodosis, bitter end, breakoff, catastrophe, cease, ceasing, cessation, climax, close, closing, coda, completing, completion, conclusion, consummation, crack of doom, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, decease, denouement, desinence, desistance, destination, destiny, discontinuance, discontinuation, doom, effect, end, end point, end result, ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, expiration, fate, final result, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finis, finish, finishing, full development, goal, issue, izzard, last, last act, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, maturation, maturity, omega, outcome, payoff, perfection, period, peroration, quietus, relinquishment, renunciation, resolution, resting place, result, ripeness, rounding off, rounding out, shutdown, stop, stoppage, stopping, stopping place, suffix, surcease, swan song, term, terminal, terminus, topping off, windup

ROGET THESAURUS

termination

End

N end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.

Limit

N limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone, but, pale, reservation, termination, terminus, stint, frontier, precinct, marches, backwoods, boundary line, landmark, line of demarcation, line of circumvallation, pillars of Hercules, Rubicon, turning point, ne plus ultra, sluice, floodgate, definite, conterminate, conterminable, terminal, frontier, bordering, thus far, thus far and no further, stick to the reservation, go beyond the pale, Special.