Fulfillment is the satisfaction of achieving what you needed. Personal fulfillment, a sense of fulfillment, find fulfillment.
It is deeper than pleasure and slower than happiness — fulfillment comes from doing something that mattered, which is why work and relationships supply most of it. In commerce, fulfillment is the picking, packing and shipping of orders, which is an entirely separate use. Note the British spelling fulfilment with one l.
1nounfulfillmentThe satisfaction of achieving what you needed.
“She found real fulfillment in teaching children to read.”
2nounpickingThe picking and shipping of orders.
“The online shop pays a warehouse to handle fulfillment, so it never touches the parcels.”
fulfillment is a satisfaction.
Also accepted in games: fulfilment
Old English
fullfyllan
Middle English
fulfillen
English
fulfilment
English, today
fulfillment
fulfilment comes from Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan, from full + fyllan. Equivalent to fulfill + ment.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA