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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Finality \Fi*nal"i*ty\, noun; pl. {Finalities}. [L. finalitas the being last.]
1. The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement. --Baxter.
2. The relation of end or purpose to its means. --Janet.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
finality
noun: 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
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