a punctuation mark ( ) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
A full stop is the punctuation mark . which you use at the end of a sentence when it is not a question or exclamation. a point (.) that marks the end of a sentence or the short form of a word American Equivalent: period. used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that you do not want to say any more about a subject American Equivalent: period
{i} complete halt, standstill; period, punctuation mark ( . ) at the end of a sentence (British)