consummation

Noun

consummation (countable and uncountable, plural consummations)

1. The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.
   • I emptied my revolver upon him as he lay, and should have done the same with its mate had not two hunters at that moment come upon the ground and prevented any further consummation of my designs.1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 42
   • The opening of the extension from Brentwood to Colchester took place on March 29, 1843, when it was reported that at Colchester "the town had literally turned out its population to witness the consummation of the hopes and the fears of alike friends and opponents."1944 May and June, “Notes and News: The Eastern Counties Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 182
2. The first act of sexual intercourse in a relationship, particularly the first such act following marriage.
   • The consummation of marriage involves the mightiest issues of life and is the most holy and sacred right recognized by man, and it is the Balm of Gilead for many ills. Masturbation or prostitution soon blight the brightest prospects a young man may have.1920, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, “The Advantages of Wedlock”, in Searchlights on Health
3. The achievement of perfection.
   • He had no vague false notions of beginning fires in November, and ending them in May; but had arrived at the philosophical conclusion, that there are very few evenings, in all the year, that a fire is not a consummation of domestic felicity in England most devoutly to be wished.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Influence of the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 271
4. Termination; the end (as of the world or of life); an end or resulting state.
   • Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.1749, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. […] Newly reviſed, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures (Douay–Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision), Matthew...
   • It may be supposed that from the spread of information all real danger from ignorance is past. Not so, good reader, that is a consummation as yet "devoutly to be wished."1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 87
5. The date at which the mortgagor becomes contractually obligated to the mortgagee in a real estate transaction.