Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Extinguishment \Ex*tin"guish*ment\, n.
   1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or
      the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression;
      destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire
      or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or
      affection.

   2. (Law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or
      obligation. --Abbott.