finality

Etymology

From Middle French finalité. equivalent to final + -ity.

noun

1. The state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.
   The finality of my father's death suddenly hit me: there would be no more bedtime stories, no more games of catch in the back yard.
   By way of contrast there is an air of finality about the closure of the Welsh Highland Railway. 1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 409