fulfilment

• fulfillment (US)

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

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fo͝ol-fĭlʹmənt, IPA^(key): /fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/

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fulfilment (countable and uncountable, plural fulfilments)

1. The act of fulfilling.

   To achieve fulfilment of one's hopes.

2. The state or quality of being fulfilled; completion; realization.
   • 1995, Julius Evola, “The Two Paths in the Afterlife”, in Guido Stucco, transl., Revolt against the Modern World‎, Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International, translation of Rivolta contro il mondo moderno, →ISBN, page 50:

     In these instances death did not represent an end but a fulfillment.

3. The act of consummating a desire or promise.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 159:

     Civilisation has imbued man's minds with false ideas of the evil of sex and its fulfilment.

4. (business) The activities performed once an order is received to fulfill the order; packaging, distributing and shipping goods.

• The Random House College Dictionary 1973