finality
noun/faɪˈnælɪti/ · /faɪˈnæləti/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French finalité. equivalent to final + -ity.
1
The state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.
- The finality of my father's death suddenly hit me: there would be no more bedtime stories, no more games of catch in the back yard.
- By way of contrast there is an air of finality about the closure of the Welsh Highland Railway.1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 409:
- Antonyms
- nonfinality
- Derived terms
- counter-finality, counterfinality, equifinality, in finality, multifinality