Termination /(?)/

Ter·mi·na·tion

Termination

n.
  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.
  5. Last purpose of design. [R.]
  6. A word; a term. [R. & Obs.]
  7. The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection. (Gram.)