Webster's English Dictionary

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sunset

sun.set \-.set\ n 1: the apparent descent of the sun below the horizon; 
   also : the ac companying atmospheric effects 2: the time when the upper 
   limb of the sun disappears below the sensible ho rizon as a result of the 
   diurnal rotation of the earth 3: a period of decline; esp : old age