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termination
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of TERMINATION
1
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go <I've reached the termination of my patience with you bratty kids>
2
the act of ceasing to exist <feels that the voluntary termination of one's life should be left entirely up to the patient>
Related Words dispersion, dissolution; cessation, close, conclusion, decease, discontinuance, doom, end, ending, finish, halt, lapse, passing, quietus, shutdown, shutoff, stop, stoppage, surcease; suicide; annihilation, destruction, ruin
Near Antonyms existence, persistence, prolongation; inauguration, initiation, institution, origination
Antonyms alpha, beginning, birth, commencement, creation, dawn, genesis, inception, incipience, incipiency, launch, morning, onset, outset, start
3
the stopping of a process or activity <at the termination of the movie, please throw away any empty food containers in the appropriate bins>
Synonyms arrest, arrestment, cease, cessation, check, close, closedown, closure, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, ending, expiration, finish, halt, lapse, offset, shutdown, shutoff, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, termination
Related Words mop-up, phaseout; abeyance, break, interruption, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, standstill, suspension
Antonyms continuance, continuation
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