graduation

[ graj-oo-ey-shuh n ]

/ ˌgrædʒ uˈeɪ ʃən /

an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.

the ceremony of conferring degrees or diplomas, as at a college or school.

arrangement in degrees, levels, or ranks.

Origin of graduation

1375–1425; late Middle English graduacion < Medieval Latin graduātiōn- (stem of graduātiō). See graduate, -ion

non·grad·u·a·tion, noun post·grad·u·a·tion, adjective pre·grad·u·a·tion, noun

The NYPD and his duties required him to miss the graduation on December 20.

In The Shadow of Murdered Cops |Michael Daly |December 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Kessler says they had stopped dating before their graduation in 2007 and that he had played no part in her pregnancy.

The Mystery Woman Who Tried to Outdo Dillinger |Michael Daly |September 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They dated through high school, then married after graduation.

Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up |Tom Boswell |September 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A few days after graduation from college, I rushed back to Zimbabwe.

How I Got Addicted to Africa (and Wrote a Thriller About It) |Todd Moss |September 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Keeping them eligible by any means necessary … might lead to graduation, but are they educated?

Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: August 10 |PunditFact.com |August 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Like the senior class play, the graduation exercises were held in the gymnasium and Helen stopped for Janet.

Janet Hardy in Hollywood |Ruthe S. Wheeler
Carl resolved to come back to this life of the open, with Gertie, after graduation.

The Trail of the Hawk |Sinclair Lewis
It has already been said that at graduation Nathan Hale stood among the first thirteen in a class of thirty-six.

Nathan Hale |Jean Christie Root
After graduation he had returned eagerly to his interrupted western life.

The Adventure Girls at K Bar O |Clair Blank
The year after their graduation they ran across each other at Baden, and their college friendship was resumed.

A Colony of Girls |Kate Livingston Willard

graduation

/ (ˌɡrædjʊˈeɪʃən) /

the act of graduating or the state of being graduated

the ceremony at which school or college degrees and diplomas are conferred

a mark or division or all the marks or divisions that indicate measure on an instrument or vessel