ending

Noun

• the last section of a communication
  • in conclusion I want to say...
    

• event whose occurrence ends something
  • his death marked the ending of an era
    
  • when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show
    

• the point in time at which something ends
  • the end of the year
    
  • the ending of warranty period
    

• the act of ending something
  • the termination of the agreement
    

• the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
  • I don't like words that have -ism as an ending
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  conclusion , end , close , closing , finish , termination
• Antonyms: 
  beginning , middle