Related Words for an end in itself

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abandon
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Verb, Noun
abolish
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Verb
abolition
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Noun
abort
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Verb, Noun
abutment
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Noun
acceptance
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Noun
accomplish
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Verb
account
x/
Noun, Verb
achieve
x/
Verb
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjourn
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Verb
adjournment
x/x
Noun
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
aftermath
/xx
Noun
aim
/
Noun, Verb
allow
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Verb
alone
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Adverb, Adjective
another
x/x
Adjective
area
/xx
Noun
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
arrival
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Noun
arrive
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Verb
attached
x/
Adjective
awkward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
ax
/
Noun, Verb
axe
/
Noun, Verb
axial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backend
x/
Noun
bag
/
Noun, Verb
based
/
Verb, Adjective
basis
/x
Noun
beatitude
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Noun
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
behalf
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Noun
being
/x
Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bitter end
/x/
Phrase, Noun
blessedness
/xx
Noun
blessings
/x
Noun
blip
/
Noun, Verb
bony
/x
Adjective, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boundary
/xx
Noun
bourne
/
Name
bout
/
Noun, Verb
brahma
/x
Name
brahman
/x
Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
break off
//
Phrase, Verb
break up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
bring
/
Verb
bulge
/
Noun, Verb
buoys
/x
Noun, Verb
butt
/
Noun, Verb
cease
/
Verb, Noun
cessation
x/x
Noun
christ
/
Name
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
climax
/x
Noun, Verb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
close out
//
Phrase, Verb
closeout
/x
Noun
closure
/x
Noun
cloture
/x
Noun, Verb
clump
/
Noun, Verb
coda
/x
Noun
come out
//
Phrase, Verb
comer
/x
Noun
commence
x/
Verb
commencement
x/x
Noun
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
compliant
x/x
Adjective
conclude
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Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
connoisseur
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Noun
contents
/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
cranial
/x
Adjective
crumpled
/x
Adjective
culminate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
culmination
xx/x
Noun
curb
/
Noun, Verb
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
date
/
Noun, Verb
deadline
/x
Noun, Verb
deadlock
/x
Noun, Verb
death
/
Noun
decide
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Verb
decommissioning
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Noun
definitive
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Adjective, Noun
defuse
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Verb
delete
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Verb, Noun
deletion
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Noun
demise
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Noun, Verb
design
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Noun, Verb
desist
x/
Verb
destination
xx/x
Noun
destruction
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Noun
die hard
//
Phrase, Verb
direction
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Noun
disappear
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Verb
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
discontinuance
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Noun
discontinuation
xxxx/x
Noun
dispel
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Verb, Noun
dissolve
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Verb, Noun
divine
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Adjective, Name, Verb
doom
/
Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
duan
/
Name
dying
/x
Adjective, Noun
edge
/
Noun, Verb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
elapse
x/
Verb
eliminate
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Verb
elimination
xxx/x
Noun
enable
x/x
Verb
end up
//
Phrase, Verb
endeavour
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Noun, Verb
ended
/x
Adjective
endgame
/x
Noun, Adjective
endpoint
/x
Noun, Verb
ensure
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Verb
ent
/
Noun, Verb
entrance
/x
Noun, Verb
envelope
/xx
Noun, Verb
epilogue
/xx
Noun, Verb
eradicate
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Verb
eventual
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Adjective
excellency
//x
Noun
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
expiration
xx/x
Noun
expire
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Verb
expiry
x/x
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
extinguish
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Verb
extreme
x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
extremity
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Noun
fact
/
Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fee
/
Noun, Verb
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
fence
/
Noun, Verb
fetch up
//
Phrase, Verb
fin
/
Noun, Verb
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
finale
x/x
Noun
finality
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Noun
finalization
/xx/x
Noun
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
finesse
x/
Noun, Verb
finis
/x
Noun
finish
/x
Verb, Noun
finite
/x
Adjective, Noun
finitude
/xx
Noun
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
floor
/
Noun, Verb
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fork
/
Noun, Verb
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fund
/
Noun, Verb
gala
/x
Noun, Adjective
gale
/
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
glory
/x
Noun, Verb
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
goal
/
Noun, Verb
god
/
Name, Verb
godhead
/x
Noun
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
goodness
/x
Noun
half
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hand
/
Noun, Verb
happen
/x
Verb, Adverb
help
/
Verb, Noun
him
/
Noun
himself
x/
Noun
hindquarters
/xx
Noun
hunk
/
Noun
immanent
/xx
Adjective
immaterial
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Adjective, Noun
impact
x/
Noun, Verb
incorporeal
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Adjective
indivisible
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Adjective, Noun
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
integrated
/xxx
Adjective
intended
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Adjective, Noun
intent
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Noun, Adjective
intention
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Noun, Verb
interest
/x
Noun, Verb
internet
/xx
Noun, Verb
interrupt
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Verb, Noun
intrinsically
x/xxx
Adverb
inward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
jehovah
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Name
judgment
/x
Noun
kickoff
/x
Noun
kill
/
Verb, Noun
land up
//
Phrase, Verb
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
latch
/
Noun, Verb
late
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
latter
/x
Adjective
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
lead off
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
level
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
lift
/
Verb, Noun
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
lock
/
Noun, Verb
lug
/
Noun, Verb
magnetic pole
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Phrase, Noun
make
/
Verb, Noun
margin
/x
Noun, Verb
material
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
maturity
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Noun
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
meta
/x
Noun, Adjective
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mind
/
Noun, Verb
month
/
Noun
multimedia
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Noun, Adjective
multiplied
/xx
Adjective
nail down
//
Phrase, Verb
nothingness
/xx
Noun
noumenal
/xx
Adjective
object
/x
Noun, Verb
objective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
offset
x/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
oneself
x/
Adjective
optic
/x
Adjective, Noun
order
/x
Noun, Verb
ourselves
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Verb
outcome
/x
Noun
outset
/x
Noun, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overcome
/xx
Verb, Noun
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
pass away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
payday
/x
Noun
perceive
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Verb
perfection
x/x
Noun, Verb
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
perspective
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Noun, Adjective
physical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
piece
/
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
pole
/
Noun, Verb
portion
/x
Noun, Verb
process
/x
Noun, Verb
prong
/
Noun, Verb
prospect
/x
Noun, Verb
provide
x/
Verb
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
pursuit
x/
Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
quash
/
Verb
quell
/
Verb, Noun
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
raise
/
Verb, Noun
range
/
Noun, Verb
reach
/
Verb, Noun
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
receipt
x/
Noun, Verb
recess
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
remainder
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
remnant
/x
Noun, Adjective
remote
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
removal
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Noun
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
resolve
x/
Verb, Noun
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
rest
/
Noun, Verb
result
x/
Noun, Verb
reverse
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
revolving
x/x
Adjective, Noun
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
run short
//
Phrase, Verb
sake
/
Noun
sam
/
Name, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
same
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
scrap
/
Noun, Verb
seal
/
Noun, Verb
search
/
Noun, Verb
sense
/
Noun, Verb
sentence
/x
Noun, Verb
separation
xx/x
Noun
set about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
set out
//
Phrase, Verb
settle
/x
Verb, Noun
shrewd
/
Adjective
shut
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
shutdown
/x
Noun
shutter
/x
Noun, Verb
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sliver
/x
Noun, Verb
slope
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
slot
/
Noun, Verb
smell
/
Noun, Verb
snip
/
Noun, Verb
solution
x/x
Noun, Verb
spirit
/x
Noun, Verb
spur
/
Noun, Verb
stamp out
//
Phrase, Verb
standalone
/x/
Noun, Adjective
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
start out
//
Phrase, Verb
stem
/
Noun, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
stoppage
/x
Noun
stretch
/
Noun, Verb
sunset
/x
Noun, Verb
suppress
x/
Verb
suppression
x/x
Noun
supreme
x/
Name, Adjective, Verb
suspend
x/
Verb
suspension
x/x
Noun
tail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tail end
//
Phrase, Noun
target
/x
Noun, Verb
task
/
Noun, Verb
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
terminal
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
terminate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
termination
xx/x
Noun
terminus
/xx
Noun
terminus ad quem
/xxxx
Phrase, Noun
the
x
Adverb, Noun
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
thing
/
Noun, Verb
time
/
Noun, Verb
tip
/
Noun, Verb
title
/x
Noun, Verb
trailing
/x
Adjective, Noun
transcendent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
transcending
x/x
Verb, Noun
turn
/
Verb, Noun
turn out
//
Phrase, Verb
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unconditioned
xx/x
Adjective
uncreated
xx/x
Adjective
undoing
x/x
Noun
unknowable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
use
/
Noun, Verb
vanish
/x
Verb, Noun
vein
/
Noun, Verb
view
/
Noun, Verb
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weekend
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
why
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
wind up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
windup
/x
Adjective, Noun
wing
/
Noun, Verb
witty
/x
Adjective, Noun
word
/
Noun, Verb
year
/
Noun
yourself
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Noun