Synonyms of expiration

expiration

noun

1

as in demise

the act of ceasing to exist

directed that upon her expiration her splendid Italian-style villa be given to the public as a museum

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demise
• termination
• death
• expiry
• dissolution
• cessation
• ending
• dispersion
• destruction
• end
• passing
• discontinuance
• close
• shutdown
• lapse
• stoppage
• conclusion
• decease
• stop
• finish
• halt
• doom
• shutoff
• suicide
• annihilation
• surcease
• quietus
• ruin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• beginning
• commencement
• onset
• start
• birth
• inception
• creation
• existence
• morning
• dawn
• outset
• launch
• prolongation
• genesis
• alpha
• persistence
• incipiency
• incipience
• initiation
• origination
• institution
• inauguration

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• beginning
• commencement
• onset
• start
• birth
• inception
• creation
• existence
• morning
• dawn
• outset
• launch
• prolongation
• genesis
• alpha
• persistence
• incipiency
• incipience
• initiation
• origination
• institution
• inauguration

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2

as in cessation

the stopping of a process or activity

with the expiration of all brain activity there was no point in keeping the patient alive

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cessation
• ending
• end
• halt
• termination
• close
• closure
• conclusion
• discontinuance
• discontinuation
• lapse
• shutdown
• cutoff
• stay
• stoppage
• cease
• shutoff
• stop
• arrest
• offset
• surcease
• closedown
• finish
• arrestment
• check
• suspension
• pause
• interruption
• phaseout
• moratorium
• abeyance
• layoff
• standstill
• break
• mop-up
• letup

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuation
• continuance
• extension
• prolongation
• persistence

• continuation
• continuance
• extension
• prolongation
• persistence

3

as in death

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

the cancer patient passed away sometime during the night, the exact moment of her expiration not being known

Synonyms & Similar Words

• death
• fate
• demise
• passing
• expiry
• doom
• dissolution
• decease
• end
• exit
• grave
• sleep
• passage
• curtains
• quietus
• great divide
• assassination
• ending
• suicide
• destruction
• execution
• fatality
• casualty
• martyrdom
• annihilation
• extermination
• killing
• slaughter
• massacre
• ruin
• self-destruction
• self-slaughter
• self-murder

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• birth
• existence
• life
• creation
• rise
• nativity
• origination
• genesis

• birth
• existence
• life
• creation
• rise
• nativity
• origination
• genesis

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