Noah Webster
Termination
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.]