: end, conclusion
… rather than a finis, there was a petering-out of funds and energy and a creeping-in of decay.—Ronald Blythe
The debilitating back ailment that afflicted him last season could have spelled finis to [=could have ended] his career.—Stan Fischler
—typically used like "the end" to mark the conclusion of something, such as a book or movie… the book lay open before me at the last page, where was written 'Finis.'—Charlotte Brontë
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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