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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Consummation \Con'sum*ma"tion\ (k[o^]n's[u^]m*m[=a]"sh[u^]n), noun [L. consummatio.] The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life).
'''T is a consummation Devoutly to be wished. --Shak.
From its original to its consummation. --Addison.
Quiet consummation have, And renown['e]d be thy grave. --Shak.
{Consummation of marriage}, completion of the connubial relation by actual cohabition.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
consummation
noun
1: the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse
2: the act of bringing to completion or fruition
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
104 Moby Thesaurus words for "consummation": Z, 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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