Conclusion

Conclusion - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

CONCLUSION, n. [L.]

1. End; close; the last part; as the conclusion of an address.

2. The close of an argument, debate or reasoning; inference that ends the discussion; final result.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter; fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man. Eccl 12.

3. Determination; final decision.

After long debate, the house of commons came to this conclusion.

4. Consequence; inference; that which is collected or drawn from premises; particular deduction from propositions, facts, experience, or reasoning.

5. The event of experiments; experiment.

We practice all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. [Little used.]

6. Confinement of the thoughts; silence. [Not used.]

kon-kloo'-zhun (coph): In Ec 12:13 the King James Version, where the Revised Version (British and American) has "the end," namely, a summary of the entire argument of the book.