What is "terminism"

Terminism \Ter"mi*nism\, n. The doctrine held by the Terminists.

n. (context theology English) The Christian doctrine that there is a time limit for repentance from sin, after which God no longer wills the conversion and salvation of the sinner.

Terminism is the Christian doctrine that there is a time limit for repentance from sin, after which God no longer wills the conversion and salvation of that person. This limit is asserted to be known to God alone, making conversion urgent. Among pietists such as Quakers, permitted the co-existence, over the span of a human life, of human free will and God's sovereignty.