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The ceremonial act of declaring something done, which it almost never is.
means The process of making something complete, official, and unchangeable — the last step before it counts.
from From Latin 'finis' (end, boundary), via 'final,' dressed up with the '-ization' suffix that makes any verb sound like a corporate process.
Legal weightFinalizing a contract makes it binding and enforceable.
False finishOften followed by 'one last revision' anyway.
Cousin wordsShares roots with finish, finale, and finite.