'Satisfaction' definitions:
Definition of 'satisfaction'
(from WordNet)
noun
The contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation; "the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction" [ant: dissatisfaction]
noun
State of being gratified or satisfied; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time" [syn: gratification, satisfaction]
noun
Compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store" [syn: atonement, expiation, satisfaction]
noun
(law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation; "the full and final satisfaction of the claim"
noun
Act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite; "the satisfaction of their demand for better services"
Definition of 'Satisfaction'
From: GCIDE
- Satisfaction \Sat`is*fac"tion\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
- The mind having a power to suspend the execution and satisfaction of any of its desires. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation. [1913 Webster]
- We shall make full satisfaction. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which satisfies or gratifies; atonement. [1913 Webster]
- Die he, or justice must; unless for him Some other, able, and as willing, pay The rigid satisfaction, death for death. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Contentment; content; gratification; pleasure; recompense; compensation; amends; remuneration; indemnification; atonement. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'satisfaction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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