Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Termination has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
a coming to an end of a contract period
"the expiry of his driver's license"
a place where something ends or is complete
"The river's termination was marked by a small delta where it emptied into the calm sea."
something that results
"he listened for the results on the radio"
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
"I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"
The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
"The termination of their contract was announced last week, leaving everyone to find new employment immediately."
In plain English: Termination is the act of officially ending something, like a job or a contract.
"The termination of his employment was announced yesterday."
Usage: Use termination to describe the formal end of an agreement, employment contract, or service rather than casual endings like stopping or quitting. It often implies an official decision by one party to cease a relationship or obligation.
The word entered English from Latin as terminatio. It originally referred to the act of setting a limit or boundary.