What is the meaning of closure?

noun

• Approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap.
  • usage: "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision"
  • synonyms: closing
• A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body.
  • synonyms: cloture, gag rule, gag law
• A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric.
  • synonyms: law of closure
• Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making.
  • usage: "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
  • synonyms: settlement, resolution
• An obstruction in a pipe or tube.
  • usage: "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
  • synonyms: blockage, block, occlusion, stop, stoppage
• The act of blocking.
  • synonyms: blockage, occlusion
• Termination of operations.
  • usage: "they regretted the closure of the day care center"
  • synonyms: closedown, closing, shutdown

verb

• Terminate debate by calling for a vote.
  • usage: "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"
  • synonyms: cloture