noun 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.
noun ↑ Jespersen, Otto (1909), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9), volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 4.86, page 145.