Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Termination

Termination , noun

[Latin terminatio a bounding, fixing, determining: compare French terminasion, Old French 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. [Rare]
6.
A word; a term. [Rare & Obsolete] — Shakespeare
7.
(Grammar) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.