conclusion🔊

The end, finish, close or last part of something.

The outcome or result of a process or act.

A decision reached after careful thought.

(logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.

(obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.

(law) The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.

(law) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.