Termination, n.
Etymology: [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.
4 more senses
5. Last purpose of design. [R.]
6. A word; a term. [R. & Obs.] Shak.
7. (Gram.)
The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for termination; he lists it under boundary, end.
Where he writes about it:
Termination is the Latin and more formal word for the Saxon end, but is chiefly used of time, words, undertakings, or abstractions of any kind. — from end