What does "finis" mean?

Of a book or other work: the end.

What is a synonym for "finis"?

Common synonyms include: finale, apodosis, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, close.

//ˈfɪnɪs// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Noun

1
Of a book or other work: the end.
"He had gone through the work from the title-page to the finis at least forty times, and had just commenced it over again."
2
the concluding part of any performance wordnet
3
the temporal end; the concluding time wordnet

"He had gone through the work from the title-page to the finis at least forty times, and had just commenced it over again."

From Middle English finis, from Latin fīnis (“end; limit”). Doublet of fin, fine, and finish.

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