fruition
/frʊˈɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
1The realization or fulfilment of a plan or project: the plans have come to fruition rather sooner than expected...
- We can see the fruition of its policy in the venture capital provisions of this bill.
- But in another sense, academic blogging represents the fruition, not a betrayal, of the university's ideals.
- Next Monday night was to be the fruition of all the plans they laid when they were together.
Synonyms
fulfilment, realization, actualization, materialization;
achievement, attainment, accomplishment, resolution;
success, completion, consummation, conclusion, close, finish, perfection;
maturity, maturation, ripening, ripeness;
effecting, implementation, execution, performance
informal winding up, sewing up, polishing off
rare effectuation, reification
2 literary The state or action of producing fruit: the apples in the orchards gave a suggestion of sour fruition
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense 'enjoyment'): via Old French from late Latin fruitio(n-), from frui 'enjoy' (see fruit); the current senses (dating from the late 19th century) arose by association with fruit.