Hypertext Webster Gateway: "extinguishment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Extinguishment \Ex*tin"guish*ment\, n.
1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or
the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression;
destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire
or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or
affection.
2. (Law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or
obligation. --Abbott.
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