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   Ter·mi·na·tion

   /ˌtərməˈnāSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action of bringing something or coming to an end: "the termination of a contract" Similar endingendclosingcloseconclusionfinishstopstoppingstoppagewinding updiscontinuancediscontinuationbreaking offcessationcutting shortcancellationdissolutioncesserlapseinformal:windupOpposite startbeginning
   • ▪ an induced abortion: "for many conditions, a large proportion of people say they would not consider a termination" Similar abortionrare:feticide
   • ▪ an act of dismissing someone from employment: North American "workers were informed of the terminations on Wednesday"
   • ▪ an assassination, especially of an intelligence agent. North American
   • 2. the final letter or letters or syllable of a word, especially when constituting an element in inflection or derivation.
   • 3. an ending or result of a specified kind: archaic "a good result and a happy termination"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘determination, decision’): from Old French, or from Latin terminatio(n-), from terminare ‘to limit, end’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. terminational adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

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