non-consummation









non-consummation


noun

  1. the act of consummating; completion.
  2. the state of being consummated; perfection; fulfillment.

n.late 14c., “completion,” from Latin consummationem (nominative consummatio), from consummat-, past participle stem of consummare “to sum up, finish,” from com- “together” (see com-) + summa “sum, total,” from summus “highest” (see sum). Sense of “completion of a marriage (by sexual intercourse)” is c.1530.

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