Finality

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Finality \Fi*nal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Finalities}. [L. finalitas the
     being last.]
     1. The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final
        or conclusive arrangement; a settlement. --Baxter.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. The relation of end or purpose to its means. --Janet.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  finality
       n : the quality of being final or definitely settled; "the
           finality of death" [syn: {conclusiveness}, {decisiveness}]
           [ant: {inconclusiveness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "finality":
     Z, apodosis, catastrophe, ceasing, certainty, certitude, cessation,
     coda, conclusion, consummation, crack of doom, culmination,
     curtain, curtains, death, decease, decisiveness, definitiveness,
     denouement, destination, destiny, doom, effect, end, end point,
     ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, eventuality, expiration,
     fate, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finis,
     finish, fixedness, futureness, futurity, goal, immutability,
     incontrovertibility, indisputability, irrefutability,
     irreversibility, izzard, last, last breath, last gasp, last things,
     last trumpet, last words, latter end, omega, payoff, period,
     peroration, quietus, resolution, resting place, stoppage,
     stopping place, sureness, swan song, term, terminal, termination,
     terminus, ultimateness, unalterability, unchangeability, windup