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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRUI'TION, n. [from L. fruor, to use or enjoy.]
Use accompanied with pleasure, corporeal or intellectual; enjoyment; the pleasure derived from use or possession.
If the affliction is on his body, his appetites are weakened, and capacity of fruition destroyed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English fruicioun, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French fruicion, from Late Latin fruition-, fruitio, from Latin frui Date: 15th century 1. pleasurable use or possession ; enjoyment 2. a. the state of bearing fruit b. realization

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a the bearing of fruit. b the production of results. 2 the realization of aims or hopes. 3 enjoyment. Etymology: ME f. OF f. LL fruitio -onis f. frui enjoy, erron. assoc. with FRUIT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Where I may have fruition of her love. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something comes to fruition, it starts to succeed and produce the results that were intended or hoped for. (FORMAL) These plans take time to come to fruition... N-UNCOUNT: usu to N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Enjoyment (in the possession or the use of anything). 2. Fulfilment.

Moby Thesaurus

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