movement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"

anticlimax, bathos - a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"

epilog, epilogue - a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters"

epilog, epilogue - a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

peroration - (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration"

coda, finale - the closing section of a musical composition

recital, yarn, narration - the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"

speech, address - the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

coming, approach, approaching - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"

plant closing - act of shutting down operation of a plant

bank closing - act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure

layoff - the act of laying off an employee or a work force

consummation - the act of bringing to completion or fruition

consummation - the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse

ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"

finishing, finish - the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"

finalisation, finalization - the act of finalizing

follow-through - carrying some project or intention to full completion; "I appreciated his follow-through on his promise"

follow-through - the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion; "his follow-through was straight down the line toward the target"; "squash can be dangerous if your opponent has a long follow-through"

graduation - the successful completion of a program of study