[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

conclusion \conclu"sion\, n. f., fr. l. conclusio. see
   conclude.
   1. the last part of anything; close; termination; end.
      1913 webster

            a fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of
            the contest.                          --prescott.
      1913 webster

   2. final decision; determination; result.
      1913 webster

            and the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. any inference or result of reasoning.
      1913 webster

   4. logic the inferred proposition of a syllogism; the
      necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two
      related propositions called premises. see syllogism.
      1913 webster

            he granted him both the major and minor, but denied
            him the conclusion.                   --addison.
      1913 webster

   5. drawing of inferences. poetic
      1913 webster

            your wife octavia, with her modest eyes
            and still conclusion.                 --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. an experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be
      drawn. obs.
      1913 webster

            we practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and
            inoculating.                          --bacon.
      1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            like the famous ape,
            to try conclusions, in the basket creep. --shak.

   syn: inference; deduction; result; consequence; end;
        decision. see inference.
        1913 webster
see also:
conclude syllogism conclusion to the country in conclusion to try conclusions inference 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
decision determination stopping point finale finis finish 
last close ending beginning ratiocination 
termination end closing 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

233 moby thesaurus words for "conclusion":
   ps, parthian shot, z, accommodation, addendum, adjustment,
   affirmance, affirmation, aftermath, afterthought, allegation,
   announcement, annunciation, apodosis, appendix, arrangement,
   assertion, asseveration, assumption, attitude, averment,
   avouchment, avowal, back matter, bitter end, catastrophe, cease,
   ceasing, cessation, chorus, clear, climate of opinion, climax,
   close, closing, closure, coda, codicil, cogent, colophon,
   common belief, community sentiment, compelling, completing,
   completion, conceit, concept, conception, conclusive,
   consensus gentium, consequence, consequent, consideration,
   consummation, continuance, continuation, convincing, corollary,
   crack of doom, creed, culmination, curtain, curtains, death,
   decease, deciding, decisive, declaration, deduction, definitive,
   denouement, derivation, descendant, desistance, destination,
   destiny, determinant, determinate, determination, determinative,
   dictum, doom, double take, dying words, dynasty, effect, end,
   end point, end result, ending, enunciation, envoi, epilogue,
   eschatology, estimate, estimation, ethos, expiration, eye, fate,
   feeling, final result, final solution, final twitch, final words,
   finale, finality, finis, finish, finishing, follow-through,
   follow-up, full development, general belief, goal, heir, idea,
   illation, impression, incontrovertible, induction, inference,
   ipse dixit, irrefragable, irrefutable, izzard, judgment, last,
   last act, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet,
   last words, latter end, lights, line, lineage, manifesto,
   maturation, maturity, mind, mystique, notion, observation,
   offspring, omega, opinion, parting shot, payoff, perfection,
   period, peroration, personal judgment, point of view,
   popular belief, position, position paper, positive declaration,
   posterity, postface, postfix, postlude, postscript, posture,
   precise, predicate, predication, presumption, prevailing belief,
   proclamation, profession, pronouncement, proposition, protest,
   protestation, public belief, public opinion, quietus,
   ratiocination, reaction, refrain, resolution, resting place,
   ripeness, rounding off, rounding out, say, say-so, saying, sealing,
   second thought, sentiment, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequelant,
   sequent, sequitur, settlement, sight, signature, signing,
   solemnization, stance, stand, statement, stop, stoppage,
   stopping place, subscript, successor, suffix, supplement,
   swan song, tag, telling, term, terminal, termination, terminus,
   theory, thinking, thought, topping off, unambiguous, unanswerable,
   utterance, view, vouch, way of thinking, windup, word

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

conclusion, practice. making the last argument or address to the court or 
jury. the party on whom the onus probandi is cast, in general has the 
conclusion. 

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

conclusion, remedies. an estoppel; a bar; the act of a man by which he has 
confessed a matter or thing which he can no longer deny; as, for example, 
the sheriff is concluded by his return to a writ, and therefore, if upon a 
capias he return cepi corpus, he cannot afterwards show that he did not 
arrest the defendant, but is concluded by his return. vide plowd. 276, b; 3 
tho. co. litt. 600. 

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