Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Conclusion \Con*clu"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See
   {Conclude}.]
   1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

            A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of
            the contest.                          --Prescott.

   2. Final decision; determination; result.

            And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak.

   3. Any inference or result of reasoning.

   4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the
      necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two
      related propositions called premises. See {Syllogism}.

            He granted him both the major and minor, but denied
            him the conclusion.                   --Addison.

   5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic]

            Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still
            conclusion.                           --Shak.

   6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be
      drawn. [Obs.]

            We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and
            inoculating.                          --Bacon.

   7. (Law)
      (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal
          ending of an indictment, ``against the peace,'' etc.
      (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a
          particular position. --Wharton.

   {Conclusion to the country} (Law), the conclusion of a
      pleading by which a party ``puts himself upon the
      country,'' i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury.
      --Mozley & W.

   {In conclusion}.
      (a) Finally.
      (b) In short.

   {To try conclusions}, to make a trial or an experiment.

            Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the
            basket creep.                         --Shak.

   Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end;
        decision. See {Inference}.

Source : WordNet®

conclusion
     n 1: a position or opinion or judgment reached after
          consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the
          opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into
          account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"
          [syn: {decision}, {determination}]
     2: an intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion"
     3: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point
        of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up
        at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of
        the season" [syn: {stopping point}, {finale}, {finis}, {finish},
         {last}, {close}]
     4: event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the
        ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are
        broadcast it will be the finish of the show" [syn: {ending},
         {finish}] [ant: {beginning}]
     5: the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the
        proposition that must follow from the major and minor
        premises of a syllogism) [syn: {ratiocination}]
     6: the act of ending something; "the termination of the
        agreement" [syn: {termination}, {ending}]
     7: a final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal";
        "the conclusion of the peace treaty"
     8: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want
        to say..." [syn: {end}, {close}, {closing}, {ending}]
     9: the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden
        of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
        [syn: {decision}, {determination}]