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Definition of Fruition
1. Noun. The condition of bearing fruit.
2. Noun. Enjoyment derived from use or possession.
3. Noun. Something that is made real or concrete. "The victory was the realization of a whole year's work"
Generic synonyms: Consummation
Derivative terms: Realise, Realize
Definition of Fruition
1. n. Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use.
Definition of Fruition
1. Noun. The fulfillment of something worked for. ¹
2. Noun. The enjoyment derived from a possession. ¹
3. Noun. The condition of bearing fruit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fruition
1. the accomplishment of something desired [n -S]
Medical Definition of Fruition
1. 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) Origin: OF. Fruition, L. Fruitio, enjoyment, fr. L. Frui, p. P. Fruitus, to use or enjoy. See Fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fruition
Literary usage of Fruition
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... the enjoyment as a pleasure : we speak of those pleasures which are received
from the fruition, in distinction from those which are had in expectation, ..."
2. The Court of the Gentiles, Or, A Discourse Touching the Original of Human by Theophilus Gale (1677)
"No man enjoys but what he loves ; and no man loves any thing as his laft end,
but what he would enjoy : whence, as there is no fruition but what is ..."
3. The Ancient Laws of Wales: Viewed Especially in Regard to the Light They by Hubert Lewis (1889)
"Right to the fruition of Five Free ... Thus, it was called maintenance, land of
maintenance, maintenance donation, and fruition of five free ..."
4. Practical Insight Meditation: Basic and Progressive Stages by Mahasi Sayadaw (1998)
"One who has attained the knowledge of path and fruition ... fruition Knowledge
If one who has attained the path and fruit wishes to attain ..."
5. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"Falconet, Pigalle, Houdon.— The "Boudoir Sculptors."—Clodion.—Canova.—The English
School.—Its Tardy fruition.— Foreign Painters Working in England. ..."
6. The Yoga-system of Patañjali: Or, The Ancient Hindu Doctrine of by Patañjali, Vyāsa, Vācaspatimiśra (1914)
"But that latent-deposit of karma which has [its limit] in a single existence has
both a fruition limited [in time] and a fruition which is without limit [of ..."
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