■ noun
1》 an act or process of closing.
2》 a device that closes or seals something.
3》 (in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
4》 a feeling that an emotional or traumatic experience has been resolved.
■ verb apply the ~ to (a debate or speaker) in a legislative assembly.
Origin
ME: from OFr., from late L. clausura , from claus- , claudere 'to close'.