1. The act of ending something
   "the termination of the agreement";
   - ending, conclusion
    
2. A coming to an end of a contract period
   "the termination of his driver's licence";
   - expiration, expiry
    
3. A place where something ends or is complete
   "The termination of the trail offered a spectacular view";
   - end point, endpoint, terminus
    
4. The end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
   "I don't like words that have -ism as a termination";
   - ending
    
5. A deliberate termination of pregnancy
   "The woman chose to have a termination for personal reasons";
   - induced abortion, abortion
    
6. [N. Amer] The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
   "His termination was due to poor performance";
   - dismissal, dismission [rare], discharge, firing, release, sack, sacking, severance, heave-ho [informal], the axe [informal], the boot [informal], the chop [Brit, informal], chuck [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: terminations

Type of: abortion, change of state, end, ending, morpheme, terminal

Encyclopedia: Termination