Termination

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A word; a term.

II. Termination ·noun Last purpose of design.

III. Termination ·noun End; conclusion; result.

IV. Termination ·noun The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.

V. Termination ·noun That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line.

VI. Termination ·noun End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.

VII. Termination ·noun The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.