consummation

consummation
    n 1: the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse
    2: the act of bringing to completion or fruition
    

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).
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         'T is a consummation
         Devoutly to be wished.                   --Shak.
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         From its original to its consummation.   --Addison.
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         Quiet consummation have,
         And renown['e]d be thy grave.            --Shak.
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   {Consummation of marriage}, completion of the connubial
      relation by actual cohabition.
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CONSUMMATION. The completion of a thing; as the consummation of marriage; 
(q.v.) the consummation of a contract, and the like. 
     2. A contract is said to be consummated, when everything to be done in 
relation to it, has been accomplished. It is frequently of great importance 
to know when a contract has been consummated, in order to ascertain the 
rights of the parties, particularly in the contract of sale. Vide Delivery, 
where the subject is more fully examined. It is also sometimes of 
consequence to ascertain where the consummation of the contract took place, 
in order to decide by what law it is to be governed. 
     3. It has been established as a rule, that when a contract is made by 
persons absent from each other, it is considered as consummated in, and is 
governed by the law of, the country where the final assent is given. If, 
therefore, Paul in New Orleans, order goods from Peter in London, the 
contract is governed by the laws of the latter place. 8 M. R. 135; Plowd. 
843. Vide Conflict of Laws;, Inception; Lex Loci Contractus; Lex Fori; 
Offer. 
    

104 Moby Thesaurus words for "consummation":
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      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