A cessation, termination, end, or conclusion of something. Also in to bring to fine, to set the fine of. Now only in in (†the) fine at phrases 1.

A result, an outcome; a conclusion, a culmination; a pitch or peak of intensity, force, etc., typically attained gradually. In later use: esp. a…

The end, close, finish, termination, ‘wind up’ (e.g. of a speech or writing). (See also 4.)

The act of closing; conclusion, termination, end.

End, finishing, completion; death.

The termination, end, or close of something; an instance of this. With reference to an action or process. Obsolete.

Event, issue, outcome. Chiefly as a mass noun. Obsolete.

tittle est Amen: the end or conclusion of something. Cf. sense 1a. Obsolete.

The action of ‘winding up’, or something that ‘winds up’ or concludes a course of action, story, etc.; close, conclusion, finish, dénouement; final…

The action of ‘winding up’, or something that ‘winds up’ or concludes a course of action, story, etc.; close, conclusion, finish, dénouement; final…

The climax or completion of something.

‘A final event; a conclusion generally unhappy’ (Johnson); a disastrous end, finish-up, conclusion, upshot; overthrow, ruin, calamitous fate.

A conclusion or turn of events; an outcome; a result.

The final stage of any process or course of action; an outcome, final event. In oratory, discourse, etc.: a concluding sentence; a peroration…

The outcome, result, or conclusion of an action, policy, occurrence, etc.; the benefit which follows from a course of action, investment, etc.