Ending
Ending noun - The last part of a process or action.
Inauguration
Inauguration noun - The process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization.
Ending is an antonym for inauguration in installation of newcomers topic.
Both words in one sentence
- These votes were given to Hayes (TWO DAYS BEFORE HIS INAUGURATION!) on the condition that federal troops be withdrawn from the South, ending the Reconstruction Era.
Source: Decided By One Vote -
Some accounts of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration speech in 1865, just as the American Civil War was in its ending phases and by then the North knew they were going to win, has the final moments of the speech be illuminated by the sunlight shining through the clouds and onto the President's platform.
Source: Cue the Sun -
In the United States, the corresponding time period is the Progressive Era (the latter portion of The Gilded Age), beginning with Theodore Roosevelt's inauguration in 1901 and ending with US entry into WWI.
Source: The Edwardian Era
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