Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Consummation \Con`sum*ma"tion\, n. [L. consummatio.]
   The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated;
   completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of
   the world or of life).

         ``Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. --Shak.

         From its original to its consummation.   --Addison.

         Quiet consummation have, And renown['e]d be thy grave.
                                                  --Shak.

   {Consummation of marrige}, completion of the connubial
      relation by actual cohabition.