fruition

Definition

The fulfillment of something worked for.

Etymology

From Latin fruitiō (“enjoyment”).

Example Sentences

• "After six years of hard work, the engineers had brought the project to fruition."
• "[…] to weare our ſelues & neuer reſt, Untill we reach the ripeſt fruites of all, That perfect bliſſe and ſole felicitie, The ſweet fruition of an earthly crowne."
• "Perhaps,—for the Divine purpose runs through every aim of our being,—the disappointment and the endurance are but sent to raise those hopes above, which else might cling too fondly to their fruition below."