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3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Satisfaction \Sat'is*fac"tion\, noun [OE. satisfaccioun, F. satisfaction, fr. L. satisfactio, fr. satisfacere to satisfy. See {Satisfy}.]
1. The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands.
The mind having a power to suspend the execution and satisfaction of any of its desires. --Locke.
2. Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation.
We shall make full satisfaction. --Shak.
3. That which satisfies or gratifies; atonement.
Die he, or justice must; unless for him Some other, able, and as willing, pay The rigid satisfaction, death for death. --Milton.
Syn: Contentment; content; gratification; pleasure; recompense; compensation; amends; remuneration; indemnification; atonement.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
satisfaction
noun
1: the contentment you feel when you have done something right; "the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction" [ant: {dissatisfaction}]
2: state of being gratified; great satisfaction; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time" [syn: {gratification}]
3: compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store" [syn: {atonement}, {expiation}]
4: act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite; "the satisfaction of their demand for better services"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
212 Moby Thesaurus words for "satisfaction": acceptance, accordance, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, adequacy, adequate supply, adequateness, adherence, affair of honor, amends, amortization, amortizement, amusement, animal pleasure, atonement, balancing, bare minimum, bare sufficiency, bellyful, binder, blood money, bodily pleasure, care, carnal delight, carrying out, cash, cash payment, clearance, comfort, commutation, compensation, competence, competency, compliance, composition, composure, compromise, conformance, conformity, consideration, content, contentedness, contentment, correction, counteraction, counterbalancing, coziness, creature comforts, damages, debt service, defrayal, defrayment, delight, deposit, disbursal, discharge, doling out, down payment, duel, earnest, earnest money, ease, endpleasure, engorgement, enjoyment, enough, entertainment, entire satisfaction, euphoria, exact measure, execution, expiation, expiatory offering, fill, fixing, forepleasure, fruition, fulfillment, fullness, fun, glut, gratification, great satisfaction, guerdon, gusto, happiness, hearty enjoyment, heed, heeding, hire purchase, hire purchase plan, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, installment, installment plan, intellectual pleasure, interest payment, joie de vivre, joy, just enough, keen pleasure, keeping, kicks, lex talionis, liquidation, luxury, making amends, making good, making right, making up, meed, mending, minimum, monomachy, monthly payments, more than enough, never-never, observance, observation, offsetting, overhaul, overhauling, paying, paying back, paying off, paying out, paying up, payment, payment in kind, payoff, peace of mind, peace offering, performance, physical pleasure, piaculum, pleasure, practice, prepayment, price, propitiation, quarterly payments, quiet pleasure, quittance, reclamation, recompense, reconcilement, reconciliation, rectification, redemption, redress, refund, regular payments, reimbursement, relish, remedy, remittance, remuneration, repair, repairing, reparation, repayment, repletion, requital, requitement, resignation, respect, restitution, retaliation, retirement, retribution, return, revenge, reward, right amount, salvage, satiation, satiety, satisfactoriness, satisfactory amount, saturatedness, saturation, saturation point, self-gratification, self-indulgence, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure, settlement, sexual pleasure, single combat, sinking-fund payment, skinful, smart money, snootful, solatium, spot cash, squaring, substitution, sufficiency, sufficientness, supersaturation, surfeit, sweetness of life, titillation, troubleshooting, vindication, voluptuousness, weekly payments, well-being, wergild, zest
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