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fruition

/fɹuˈɪʃən/ noun

Latin root: fruitiō Wiktionary

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  1. The fulfillment of something worked for.
    After six years of hard work, the engineers had brought the project to fruition.
  2. The enjoyment derived from a possession.

noun

  1. The condition of bearing fruit.

Origin

From Latin fruitiō (“enjoyment”). By surface analysis, fruit + -ion.

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