'Consummation' definitions:
Definition of 'consummation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The completion of marriage by sexual intercourse
noun
The act of bringing to completion or fruition
Definition of 'Consummation'
From: GCIDE
- Consummation \Con`sum*ma"tion\ (k[o^]n`s[u^]m*m[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. consummatio.] The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life). [1913 Webster]
- 'T is a consummation Devoutly to be wished. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- From its original to its consummation. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Quiet consummation have, And renown['e]d be thy grave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Consummation of marriage, completion of the connubial relation by actual cohabition. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'consummation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplished fact,
- accomplishing,
- accomplishment,
- achievement,
- achieving,
- acme,
- acme of perfection,
- apodosis,
- attaining,
- attainment,
- bitter end,
- carrying out,
- catastrophe,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- climax,
- closure,
- coda,
- completing,
- completion,
- conclusion,
- crack of doom,
- culmination,
- curtain,
- curtains,
- death,
- decease,
- denouement,
- destination,
- destiny,
- discharge,
- dispatch,
- doom,
- effect,
- effectuation,
- end,
- end point,
- end result,
- ending,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- eschatology,
- execution,
- expiration,
- fait accompli,
- fate,
- final result,
- final solution,
- final twitch,
- final words,
- finale,
- finality,
- finis,
- finish,
- finishing,
- fruition,
- fulfilling,
- fulfillment,
- goal,
- height,
- highest pitch,
- implementation,
- izzard,
- last,
- last act,
- last breath,
- last gasp,
- last things,
- last trumpet,
- last word,
- last words,
- latter end,
- mission accomplished,
- ne plus ultra,
- omega,
- payoff,
- peak,
- perfection,
- performance,
- period,
- peroration,
- pink,
- pink of perfection,
- pinnacle,
- production,
- quietus,
- realization,
- realizing,
- resolution,
- resting place,
- stoppage,
- stopping place,
- success,
- summit,
- swan song,
- term,
- terminal,
- termination,
- terminus,
- top,
- topping-off,
- ultimate,
- windup,
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