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Termination

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

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Narrower term 49

Abolishment 76% connected

The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.

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Abolition 76% connected

The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade;…

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Abort 76% connected

To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.

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Abortion 76% connected

The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriag…

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Adjournment 76% connected

The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.

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Aftermath 76% connected

A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.

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Breakup 76% connected

the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)

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Closing 76% connected

of Close

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Closure 76% connected

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

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Completion 76% connected

The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.

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Consequence 76% connected

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

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Culmination 76% connected

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Decision 76% connected

Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.

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Demonetization 76% connected

The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized.

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Denouement 76% connected

The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.

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Destruction 76% connected

The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

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Devastation 76% connected

The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

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Disappearance 76% connected

The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing.

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Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Discontinuance 76% connected

The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as,…

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Discontinuation 76% connected

Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.

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Dismissal 76% connected

Dismission; discharge.

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Dismission 76% connected

The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury.

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Dissolution 76% connected

The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.

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Extinction 76% connected

The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.

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Fade 76% connected

Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

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Firing 76% connected

The act of disharging firearms.

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

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Killing 76% connected

of Kill

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Liberation 76% connected

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

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Liquidation 76% connected

The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated.

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Overthrow 76% connected

To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.

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Postfix 76% connected

A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix.

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Quenching 76% connected

of Quench

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Release 76% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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Relinquishment 76% connected

The act of relinquishing.

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Retirement 76% connected

The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.

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Sack 76% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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Sacking 76% connected

of Sack

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Separation 76% connected

The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.

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Sequel 76% connected

That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's advantures or history.

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Settlement 76% connected

The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

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Subsequence 76% connected

Alt. of Subsequency

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Suffix 76% connected

A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix.

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Withdrawal 76% connected

The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

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Worst 76% connected

Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Morpheme 76% connected

The smallest meaningful part of a word.

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Terminal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

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Conclude 74% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

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Conclude 74% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

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Synonym 8

Conclusion 92% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Ending 92% connected

of End

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Expiration 92% connected

The act of expiring

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Expiry 92% connected

Expiration.

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Outcome 92% connected

That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.

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Result 92% connected

To leap back; to rebound.

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Resultant 92% connected

Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence.

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Terminus 92% connected

Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.

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