n.
- an act or process of closing.
- a device that closes or seals something.
- (in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
- a feeling that an emotional or traumatic experience has been resolved.
v.
apply the closure to (a debate or speaker) in a legislative assembly.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., from late L. clausura, from claus-, claudere ‘to close’.
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