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noun
1.
attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment: After years of hard work she finally brought her idea to full fruition.
2.
enjoyment, as of something attained or realized.
3.
state of bearing fruit.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English fruicioun < Late Latin fruitiōn- (stem of fruitiō) enjoyment, equivalent to Latin fruit(us) (variant of frūctus; see fruit) + -iōn- -ion
1375–1425; late Middle English fruicioun < Late Latin fruitiōn- (stem of fruitiō) enjoyment, equivalent to Latin fruit(us) (variant of frūctus; see fruit) + -iōn- -ion
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non·fru·i·tion, noun
self-fru·i·tion, noun
Synonyms
1. consummation, accomplishment, fulfillment, achievement, completion, perfection, result.
1. consummation, accomplishment, fulfillment, achievement, completion, perfection, result.
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fruition
1413, "act of enjoying," from L.L. fruitionem (nom. fruitio) "enjoyment," noun of action from L. frui "to use, enjoy." Sense of "act or state of bearing fruit" is first recorded 1885 by mistaken association with fruit.
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