conclusion

CONCLUSION, noun [Latin] 1. End; close; the last part; as the conclusion of an address. 2. The close of an argument, debate or reasoning; inference that ends the discussion; final result. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter; fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man. Ecclesiastes 12:13. 3. Determination; final decision. After long debate, the house of commons came to this conclusion 4. Consequence; inference; that which is collected or drawn from premises; particular deduction from propositions, facts, experience, or reasoning. 5. The event of experiments; experiment. We practice all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. [Little used.] 6. Confinement of the thoughts; silence. [Not used.]