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Wear :: Wear (v. i.) To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually..

Extinguishment :: Extinguishment (n.) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.

Dissolution :: Dissolution (n.) The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death.

Out :: Out (a.) Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out..

Extinction :: Extinction (n.) State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim..

Decay :: Decay (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay..

Obliteration :: Obliteration (n.) The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction..

Amortization :: Amortization (n.) The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid..

Absumption :: Absumption (n.) Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction.

Expiration :: Expiration (n.) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.

Fine :: Fine (n.) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.

Escheat :: Escheat (n.) The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder..

Purification :: Purification (n.) A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations..

Perpetuation :: Perpetuation (n.) The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction through an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of time; continuance..

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending toward extinction or a less perfect state; as, the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion..

Cease :: Cease (n.) Extinction.

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines..

Extinction :: Extinction (n.) The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc..

Death :: Death (v. i.) Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory..

Perpetuate :: Perpetuate (v. t.) To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize..

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