- (n.) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
- (n.) The act of extinguishing, putting out or quenching or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity or jealousy or of love or affection.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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