noun
closure
KLOH-zher/ˈkləʊʒər/
The act of bringing something to an end.
Closing the keepsake box gives her a sense of closure.
Etymology
The idea of closing extends from shutting something physically to bringing something to an end. Emotional closure adds a sense of satisfying completeness: the difficult experience feels resolved, not merely stopped.
In context
You don't talk enough about what it means to carry pain that doesn't have closure. what it means to live with relationships that ended not with resolution but with silence
More examples
- The factory's closure leaves hundreds of workers without jobs.
- The final agreement brings closure to the dispute.
- Heavy snow forces the closure of several mountain roads.
Forms
closure · closures
close verb — To shut or bring to an end.
Similar words
- resolution
- Resolution settles a problem or conflict, rather than merely ending it.
- ending
- Ending names a stopping point without implying emotional peace.
- completion
- Completion means finishing all required parts, not simply stopping.