extinguishment

== English == === Etymology === From extinguish +‎ -ment. === Noun === extinguishment (countable and uncountable, plural extinguishments) The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished. (law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation. === References === “extinguishment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.