closure

(n) approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
- the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision
closing,
(n) a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body cloture, gag law, gag rule,
(n) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric law of closure,
(n) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
- they finally reached a settlement with the union
- they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences
- he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure
resolution, settlement,
(n) an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
blockage, stoppage, occlusion, block, stop,
(n) the act of blocking blockage, occlusion,
(n) termination of operations
- they regretted the closure of the day care center
closedown, shutdown, closing,

(v) terminate debate by calling for a vote
- debate was closured
- cloture the discussion
cloture,

closing cloture gag law gag rule law of closure resolution settlement blockage stoppage occlusion block stop closedown shutdown

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