Termination : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Termination	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
termination n a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license" Synonym(s): termination, expiration, expiry a place where something ends or is complete Synonym(s): end point, endpoint, termination, terminus something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" Synonym(s): result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" Synonym(s): ending, termination the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" Synonym(s): termination, ending, conclusion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Termination \Ter`mina"tion\, n. [L. terminatio a bounding, fixing, determining: cf. F. terminasion, OF. also termination. See {Term}.] 1. The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination* of hostilities. 2. That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line. 3. End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness. 4. End; conclusion; result. --Hallam. 5. Last purpose of design. [R.] 6. A word; a term. [R. & Obs.] --Shak. 7. (Gram.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.