Dictionary entry

Consummation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con′sum‐ma″tion (kŏn′sŭm‐mā″shŭn), n. [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 renownéd be thy grave.

Shak.

Consummation of marriage, completion of the connubial relation by actual cohabition.