TERMINA'TION, noun 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.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI