Synonyms: closure, cloture, gag law, gag rule
Definition: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
Similar words: rules of order, order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure
Definition: a body of rules followed by an assembly
Definition: terminate debate by calling for a vote
Usage: debate was closured; cloture the discussion
Definition: bring to an end or halt
Usage: She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime; The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I