Termination

Origin

From Latin terminationem (accusative of terminatio).

Full definition of termination

Noun

1. The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
2. The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
3. An end in time; a conclusion.
4. An end in space; an edge or limit.
5. An outcome or result.
6. The last part of a word; a suffix.
7. (medical) An induced abortion.
8. (obsolete, rare) A word, a term.
• 1599, William Shakespeare, ,She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star.

Synonyms

• (process of terminating): end, conclusion, finishing, stopping, terminating
• (state of being termined): end
• (end in time): close, conclusion, end, finale, finish, stop
• (end in space): border, edge, end, limit, lip, rim, tip
• (outcome): consequence, outcome, result, upshot
• medical: abortion, induced abortion

Derived terms

• extermination
• terminative
• terminative case