closure
     n 1: 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" [syn: {closing}]
     2: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
        [syn: {cloture}, {gag rule}, {gag law}]
     3: 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 [syn: {law of closure}]
     4: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision
        making; "the 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" [syn: {settlement}, {resolution}]
     5: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber
        to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: {blockage},
         {block}, {occlusion}, {stop}, {stoppage}]
     6: the act of blocking [syn: {blockage}, {occlusion}]
     7: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of
        the day care center" [syn: {closedown}, {closing}, {shutdown}]
     v : terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was
         closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: {cloture}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0