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/sˌætəsfˈækʃən/ /sˌætɪsfˈækʃən/ Listen

noun

Satisfaction n.

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."

Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation. "We shall make full satisfaction."

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."

Synonyms: Contentment; content; gratification; pleasure; recompense; compensation; amends; remuneration; indemnification; atonement.

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Etymology of 'Satisfaction'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Satisfaction" Quotes from Famous Books

... the value of the faculty of being surprised. Those sardonic and omniscient persons who know everything beforehand, and smile compassionately or scornfully at the artless outcries of astonishment of those who are uninformed, may get an ill-natured satisfaction out of the persuasion that they are superior beings; but there is very little meat in that sort of happiness, and the uninformed have ...

— Stories by Modern American Authors • Julian Hawthorne

... dropped out at the mere reading of the test and accepted their rating as Perch without a trial; as many more failed either to execute their dives properly or to give satisfaction in their swimming strokes. Sahwah, burning with impatience to show her skill, climbed nimbly up to the very top of the tower and went off the highest springboard in a neat back dive that drew applause from the watchers, including Miss Armstrong. ...

— The Campfire Girls at Camp Keewaydin • Hildegard G. Frey

... in his narrative for an instant and looked at Godefroid. "I remember that day with some satisfaction," he said. ...

— The Brotherhood of Consolation • Honore de Balzac

... apostle's words, "If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves," the unconscious justification for a low standard of Christian living. It were almost better for one to overstate the possibilities of sanctification in his eager grasp after holiness, than to understate them in his complacent satisfaction with a traditional unholiness. Certainly it is not an edifying spectacle to see a Christian worldling throwing stones at a ...

— The Ministry of the Spirit • A. J. Gordon

... With great satisfaction, and gratitude for the dangers we had escaped, our eyes once more rested on the silvery waters of the Red River, as it wound its way through the rich plains of the settlement, towards the lengthened expanse of Lake Winnipeg. Malcolm and I, putting our spurs ...

— The Grateful Indian - And other Stories • W.H.G. Kingston

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