extinguishment
English
noun
Definitions
- The act of extinguishing, put putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
- (legal) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
Etymology
Suffix from English extinguish.
Origin
English
extinguish
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Cognates and derived terms
- extinguish English
- extinguishable English
- extinguishant English
- extinguisher English
- extinguishest English
- extinguisheth English
- inextinguishability English
- extinguo Latin
- éteindre French
- extingar Ido