finality
noun/faɪˈnæləti/
/faɪˈnæləti/
[uncountable, singular]- the fact of being final and impossible to change; something that is final and impossible to change
- the finality of death
- There was a note of finality in his voice.
- ‘No’, she said with finality.
- Death is the ultimate finality.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French finalité, from late Latin finalitas, from Latin finalis, from finis ‘end’.Definitions on the go
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