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termination
A	noun
	1	termination, ending, conclusion
				the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of state ╚termination, ending, conclusion ╚destruction; devastation ╚dismissal; dismission; discharge; firing; liberation; release; sack; sacking ╚adjournment; dissolution ╚overthrow ╚dissolution; breakup ╚relinquishment; relinquishing ╚retirement ╚completion; culmination; closing; windup; mop up ╚release; tone ending ╚demonetization; demonetisation
	2	ending, 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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚part; portion; component part; component ╚language unit; linguistic unit ╚morpheme ╚ending, termination ╚inflectional ending; inflectional suffix ╚suffix; postfix
	3	result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination
				something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚ending; conclusion; finish ╚result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination ╚worst ╚sequel; subsequence ╚separation ╚poetic justice; just deserts ╚consequence; aftermath ╚decision ╚decision ╚deal ╚denouement
	4	end point, endpoint, termination, terminus
				a place where something ends or is complete
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region; part ╚extremity ╚end ╚end point, endpoint, termination, terminus
	5	termination, expiration, expiry
				a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚point; point in time ╚end; ending ╚termination, expiration, expiry

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