finishing (n.)

• ablation
• absorption
• assimilation
• attrition
• close
• closing
• completion
• conclusion
• consumption
• culmination
• depletion
• digestion
• drain
• end
• ending
• erosion
• exhaustion
• expending
• expenditure
• final
• finish
• impoverishment
• ingestion
• last
• maturation
• maturity
• perfection
• perfective
• ripeness
• spending
• squandering
• terminal
• termination
• terminative
• terminus
• ultimate
• wastage
• waste
• wastefulness
• windup