breakup; closure; end of a gathering
Polite euphemism for ending a formal or social event such as a party, meeting, wedding, or ceremony. Often used in set phrases like お開きにする or お開きになる.
そろそろお開きにしましょう。
Let's call it a night / wrap things up.
披露宴は三時にお開きになった。
The wedding reception ended at three o'clock.
Standard polite form; the honorific prefix お is part of the word.
Formal kanji spelling with 御; less common in everyday writing.
From the honorific prefix お + 開き (noun form of 開く 'to open'), originally a euphemism for 'opening' the way to leave, i.e., ending an event.