CONSUMMATION, noun [Latin] 1. Completion; end; perfection of a word, process or scheme. 2. The end or completion of the present system of things; the end of the world. 3. Death; the end of life. CONSUMMATION of marriage, the most intimate union of the sexes, which completes the connubial relation.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI