Graduation - Definition
graduation
n 1: the successful completion of a program of study
2: an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred [syn:
commencement, commencement exercise, commencement
ceremony, graduation, graduation exercise]
3: a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement;
"the ruler had 16 graduations per inch"
4: the act of arranging in grades [syn: gradation,
graduation]