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fulfillment

noun
variants: or fulfilment

Synonyms and Antonyms of fulfillment

1 the doing of an action
  • her commendably prompt fulfillment of any assignment given her
Synonyms of fulfillment

accomplishment, achievement, commission, discharge, enactment, execution, implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance
Words Related to fulfillment

dispatch, expedition

administration, direction, handling, management

application, operation, practice (also practise)
Antonyms of fulfillment

nonfulfillment, nonperformance
2 the state of being actual or complete
  • He saw the entire project through, from initial idea to final fulfillment.
Synonyms of fulfillment

accomplishment, achievement, actuality, actualization, attainment, consummation, fruition, pass, realization
Words Related to fulfillment

success, triumph
Near Antonyms of fulfillment

defeat, failure, fizzle, nonsuccess
Antonyms of fulfillment

naught (also nought), nonfulfillment

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