TERMINA'TION, n. The act of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding.
1. Bound; limit in space or extent; as the termination of a line.2. End in time or existence; as the termination of the year or of life; the termination of happiness.3. In grammar, the end or ending of a word; the syllable or letter that ends a word. Words have different terminations to express number, time and sex.4. End; conclusion; result.5. Last purpose.6. Word; term. [Not in use.]