fruition

3 definitions found

fruition - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fruition \Fru*i"tion\, n. [OF. fruition, L. fruitio, enjoyment,
     fr. L. frui, p. p. fruitus, to use or enjoy. See Fruit, n.]
     Use or possession of anything, especially such as is
     accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived
     from possession or use. "Capacity of fruition." --Rogers.
     "Godlike fruition." --Milton.
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           Where I may have fruition of her love.   --Shak.
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fruition - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fruition
      n 1: the condition of bearing fruit
      2: enjoyment derived from use or possession
      3: something that is made real or concrete; "the victory was the
         realization of a whole year's work" [syn: realization,
         realisation, fruition]

fruition - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "fruition":
     accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, actualization,
     amusement, animal pleasure, attainment, bearing, bodily pleasure,
     carnal delight, carrying out, comfort, completion, consummation,
     content, contentment, coziness, creature comforts, delectation,
     delight, discharge, dispatch, ease, effectuation, endpleasure,
     enjoyment, entertainment, euphoria, execution, fait accompli,
     forepleasure, fructification, fruiting, fulfillment, fun,
     gratification, great satisfaction, gusto, hearty enjoyment,
     implementation, intellectual pleasure, joie de vivre, joy, joyance,
     keen pleasure, kicks, luxury, materialization, maturation,
     maturity, mission accomplished, perfection, performance,
     physical pleasure, pleasure, production, quiet pleasure,
     realization, relish, ripeness, satisfaction, self-gratification,
     self-indulgence, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure,
     sexual pleasure, success, sweetness of life, titillation,
     voluptuousness, well-being, yielding, zest