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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Satisfaction" Quotes from Famous Books

... a condition to go out on the morass and mend the coach, an honest man stepped forth from the crowd and proposed his unlet floor of two rooms, with supper of eggs and bacon, ale and punch. We joyfully accompanied him home to the strangest of clean houses, where we were well entertained to the satisfaction of all parties. But the novel feature of the entertainment was, that our host was a chair-maker, and that the chairs assigned to us were mere frames, altogether without bottoms of any sort; so that we passed the evening ...

— The Holly-Tree • Charles Dickens

... the news with a certain satisfaction. A formidable rival had been swept out of his path, and he could speak of him now without any temptation to depreciate his merits, so much so that when he took an opportunity one day of referring to his loss, he did it so delicately ...

— The Giant's Robe • F. Anstey

... letter afforded me more satisfaction than I know how to explain. It is true that I made up my mind, as a very young girl, to keep out of the way of literary people, so as to avoid literary ambition. Nor have I regretted that decision. Yet the human nature is not dead in me, and my instincts still ...

— The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss • George L. Prentiss

... ground, among objects of use the simple and unadorned article is aesthetically the best. But since the pecuniary canon of reputability rejects the inexpensive in articles appropriated to individual consumption, the satisfaction of our craving for beautiful things must be sought by way of compromise. The canons of beauty must be circumvented by some contrivance which will give evidence of a reputably wasteful expenditure, at the ...

— The Theory of the Leisure Class • Thorstein Veblen

... no State aspired to separate nationality, yet they drifted rapidly towards anarchy; they were discontented at home, they were powerless abroad, above all, they nearly made shipwreck on the financial arrangements. Congress was never able, for the satisfaction either of national needs or of national honour, to obtain fair contributions from the ...

— A Leap in the Dark - A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the - Bill of 1893 • A.V. Dicey

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