fulfilment

Etymology

From Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan, from full (“full”) + fyllan (“to fill”). Equivalent to fulfill + -ment.

noun

  1. The act of fulfilling.
    To achieve fulfillment of one's hopes.
  2. The state or quality of being fulfilled; completion; realization.
  3. The act of consummating a desire or promise.
    Civilisation has imbued man's minds with false ideas of the evil of sex and its fulfilment. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 159
  4. (business) The activities performed once an order is received to fulfill the order; packaging, distributing and shipping goods.

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