terminationn.[L. terminatio a bounding, fixing, determining: cf. F. terminasion, OF. also termination. See Term.]1. The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.()2. That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line.()3. End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.()4. End; conclusion; result.(Hallam.)5. Last purpose of design.()6. A word; a term.(Shak.)7. (Gram.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.()