1.  ending(n = noun.communication) termination - the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"
is a kind of morpheme
has particulars: postfix, suffix, inflectional ending, inflectional suffix

2.  ending(n = noun.act) conclusion, termination - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
is a kind of change of state
has particulars: abort, demonetisation, demonetization, release, tone ending, closing, completion, culmination, mop up, windup, retirement, relinquishing, relinquishment, breakup, dissolution, overthrow, adjournment, dissolution, discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking, destruction, devastation, kill, killing, putting to death, abolishment, abolition, liquidation, settlement, drug withdrawal, withdrawal, closedown, closing, closure, shutdown, extinction, extinguishing, quenching, disappearance, fade, abortion, deactivation, defusing, discontinuance, discontinuation
Derived form verb end₂

3.  ending(n = noun.time) end - the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
is a kind of point, point in time
has particulars: death, last, death, demise, dying, period, year-end, close, conclusion, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point, cease, fag end, tail, tail end, last gasp, expiration, expiry, termination, limit, terminal point, terminus ad quem
Derived form verb end₃

4.  ending(n = noun.event) conclusion, finish - event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"
is a kind of happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
has particulars: end, final stage, last, final result, outcome, result, resultant, termination, foregone conclusion, matter of course, demolition, destruction, wipeout, omega, z, halt, stop, triumph, victory, defeat, licking
Antonym: beginning
Derived forms verb end₄, verb end₃

5.  ending(n = noun.communication) close, closing, conclusion, end - the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
is a kind of section, subdivision
is a part of narration, recital, yarn, address, speech
has particulars: anticlimax, bathos, epilog, epilogue, epilog, epilogue, peroration, coda, finale

1.  Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death. [1913 Webster]

2.  The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5. [1913 Webster]

ending, n.
1 an end or final part, esp. of a story.
2 an inflected final part of a word.

Etymology:
OE (as END, -ING(1))

N  end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.

free nerve ending, inflectional ending, nerve ending, never ending, tone ending