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What is the opposite of commencement?

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Noun
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Opposite of the beginning or start of something
conclusion
close
end
ending
omega
cessation
completion
death
finish
stop
termination
finale
closing
closure
result
effect
culmination
consummation
outcome
expiration
wind-up
demise
adjournment
winding up
wrap-up
epilogUS
expulsion
goal
dismissal
epilogueUK
windup
resolution
discontinuation
discontinuance
consequence
expiry
denouement
peroration
outgrowth
solid
misfortune
swansong
setting
eventide
evening
adulthood
wrap
retirement
desistance
retreat
coda
closing stages
finalizationUS
finishing
decline
twilight
abortion
being
concrete
endgame
finishing point
finalisationUK
fulfilmentUK
fulfillmentUS
disadvantage
middle
Noun
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Opposite of the action of establishing something or being established
cancelationUS
cancellationUK
ending
halting
abolition
elimination
termination
end
abrogation
annulment
annulling
abolishment
eradication
dumping
rescinding
discontinuation
stopping
defeasance
nullification
removal
scrapping
overturning
ditching
suppression
repudiation
invalidation
dissolution
revocation
extinction
rescission
retraction
quashing
countermanding
axing
rescindment
expunction
vitiation
negation
obliteration
withdrawal
subversion
erasure
repeal
avoidance
voiding
stamping out
wiping out
closing down
doing away with
Noun
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Opposite of an inaugural kick-off or opener
final curtain
final act
last act
main event
climax
closer
conclusion
denouement
end
finale
headliner
resolution
swansong
finish
close
ending
completion
culmination
closing
retirement
consummation
termination
finis
grand finale
final scene
last part
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