sunset
noun
[ ˈsʌnsɛt ]
• the time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades.
• "sunset was still a couple of hours away"
Similar:
nightfall,
close of day,
twilight,
dusk,
evening,
half-light,
sundown,
eventide,
gloaming,
vesper,
sunset
adjective
• denoting a legal provision under which a programme, agency, regulation, etc., is automatically terminated at the end of a fixed period unless renewed by legislative action.
• "the bill will have a two-year sunset clause, so the decision will need to be revisited after the next election"
sunset
verb
• (of a programme, agency, regulation, etc.) expire or be terminated automatically at the end of a fixed period unless renewed by legislative action.
• "the tax cut will sunset after three years unless lawmakers extend it"
