finality
No more appeals
Finality is the quality of being final—conclusive, settled, beyond further change or appeal.
A judge's ruling has finality once all appeals are exhausted.
Death has an inescapable finality.
The word often carries weight in legal and philosophical contexts: The finality of the verdict brought closure to the family.
A tone of finality signals that discussion is over.
End or deduction
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- completionAct of finishing
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- culminationHighest or final point
wrap-up · ending · denouement · cessation · fulfillment · finalization · adjournment · epilogue
Predetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- inescapabilityState of being certain
predetermination · unavoidability · providence · necessity · determinism · foregone conclusion · sealed fate · karma
A full stopping
- discontinuationFormal ending of something
- haltComplete sudden stop
- stoppageInterruption of flow
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
annulment · dissolution · extinction · nullification · revocation · repeal · cancellation · disbandment
Cessation of life
- dyingCeasing to live
- passingMoving by or temporary
- demiseCessation of existence
- departureAct of going away
funeral · grief · mourning · loss · tomb · deathbed · last breath · requiem
Inability to be undone
- permanenceQuality of lasting indefinitely
- unchangeabilityInability to be modified
- immutabilityInability to change
- definitivenessQuality of being conclusive
absoluteness · irreversibility · fixity · incontrovertibility · settledness · indisputability · point of no return · no turning back
Firmness of purpose
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- firmnessResistance to deformation
- convictionFirmly held belief
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
resoluteness · peremptoriness · authoritativeness · purposefulness · unwavering · steadfastness · last word · ruling
conclusion
End or deduction
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- completionAct of finishing
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
culmination · wrap-up · ending · denouement · cessation · fulfillment · finalization · adjournment · epilogue · coda
fate
Predetermined course of events
inescapability · predetermination · unavoidability · providence · necessity · determinism · foregone conclusion · sealed fate · karma · kismet
cessation
A full stopping
- discontinuationFormal ending of something
- haltComplete sudden stop
- stoppageInterruption of flow
abolition · annulment · dissolution · extinction · nullification · revocation · repeal · cancellation · disbandment · suspension
death
Cessation of life
departure · funeral · grief · mourning · loss · tomb · deathbed · last breath · requiem · obituary
irrevocability
Inability to be undone
- permanenceQuality of lasting indefinitely
- unchangeabilityInability to be modified
- immutabilityInability to change
definitiveness · absoluteness · irreversibility · fixity · incontrovertibility · settledness · indisputability · point of no return · no turning back · sealed fate
determination
Firmness of purpose
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- firmnessResistance to deformation
- convictionFirmly held belief
assertiveness · resoluteness · peremptoriness · authoritativeness · purposefulness · unwavering · steadfastness · last word · ruling · verdict
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- breakupsbreakup, breaking up, dumped, dumping, it's over
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, end
- limitslimit, limits, limitation, upper limit, lower limit
- purposeaim, goal, purpose, objective, mission
- Absolutesabsolute, absolutely, all, always, complete
finalityinconclusiveness
Lack of definite outcome
indecision · uncertainty · indefiniteness · irresolution · tentativeness
finalitycontinuity
Uninterrupted progression or coherence
perpetuity · endlessness · infinity · eternity · continuation
finalitytemporariness
Quality of limited duration
reversibility · impermanence · mutability · revocability · transience
finalize, finalized, finalise, finalizing, finalizes, finalities, finalisation