Meaning & use
consummation
The successful completion or fulfillment of something, especially a plan, achievement, or relationship.
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The signing of the treaty was the consummation of years of careful diplomacy.
For the newlyweds, the honeymoon marked the consummation of their long courtship.
A note on using this word
Consummation often carries a formal or legal sense, most familiarly the consummation of a marriage through first sexual intercourse.
Words with a similar meaning
fulfillmentculmination
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