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"ending" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often termination (11 letters).
Definitions
Final part or conclusion
Word origin
From Middle English endynge, endyng, endinge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end + -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).
Used in a sentence
“The book has a happy ending.”
“The film has an unexpected ending.”
“Spanish verb forms have different endings depending on the tense, mood and person.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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