consummation
noun
Forms consummations
- noun The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.
- noun The first act of sexual intercourse in a relationship, particularly the first such act following marriage.
- noun The achievement of perfection.
- noun Termination; the end (as of the world or of life); an end or resulting state.
- noun (law) The date at which the mortgagor becomes contractually obligated to the mortgagee in a real estate transaction.
Etymology
L. consummatio.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life).
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