end
I
(intent) noun
aim, ambition, aspiration, bourn, consilium, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, desired result, destination, dream, expectation, goal, guiding principle, nope, idea, intended result, intendment, intention, mission, motivating idea, motivation, motive, object, objective, purpose, reason, target, wish
associated concepts: ends of justice
II
(termination) noun
accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, border, borderline, bound, boundary, cessation, close, closing piece, closure, completion, concluding part, conclusion, consummation, culmination, curtain, death, decease, decline, demise, denouement, departure, destination, destiny, determination, dissolution, edge, elimination, ending, estoppage, exitus, expiration, expiry, extinction, extinguishment, extreme, extreme point, extremity, fate, final event, final state, finale, finality, finis, finish, fulfillment, furthermost part, halt, last of a series, last part, limit, limitation, omega, outcome, point, pole, realization, remnant, result, resultant, retirement, stop, stoppage, tail, terminal, terminal point, termination, terminus, tip, upshot, wane
III
index
annul, arrest (stop), border, cancel, cap, cause (reason), cease, cessation (termination), close (conclusion), close (terminate), complete, conclude (complete), conclusion (outcome), consummate, culminate, decide, defeasance, denouement, design (intent), desist, destination, discontinue (abandon), dispatch (put to death), dissolution (termination), dissolve (terminate), eliminate (eradicate), expiration, expire, extinguish, extirpate, extremity (death), extremity (furthest point), final, finality, finish, goal, halt (noun), halt (verb), impasse, intent, lapse (cease), last (final), mete, moratorium, motive, object, objective, outcome, output, payoff (result), perform (adhere to), periphery, point (purpose), project, purpose, pursuit (goal), quash, reason (basis), rescind, rest (cease from action), result (noun), result (verb), settle, shut, stop, succumb, suppress, target, terminate, ultimate
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006