A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations. Synonyms:full stop, period, point, stop.
... of the theory we have been urging, a large number of texts like the foregoing cannot, as we think, be interpreted without constructive violence, and even with that violence cannot convey their full point and power. ... — The Destiny of the Soul - A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life • William Rounseville Alger
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