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   fruition

   /fruːˈɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the realization or fulfilment of a plan or project: "the plans have come to fruition rather sooner than expected"
   • 2. the state or action of producing fruit: literary "the apples in the orchards gave a suggestion of sour fruition"

   Word 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.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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