• noun:   termination of operations

  Example: "They regretted the closure of the day care center"

• noun:   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
• noun:   a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
• noun:   approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
• noun:   the act of blocking
• noun:   an obstruction in a pipe or tube
• noun:   something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

  Example: "He needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"

• verb:   terminate debate by calling for a vote

  Example: "Debate was closured"

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