'Satisfactoriness' definitions:
Definition of 'satisfactoriness'
From: WordNet
noun
The quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement [ant: unsatisfactoriness]
Definition of 'Satisfactoriness'
From: GCIDE
- Satisfactory \Sat`is*fac"to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. satisfactoire.]
- 1. Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology. [1913 Webster]
- A most wise and sufficient means of redemption and salvation, by the satisfactory and meritorious death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ. --Bp. Sanderson. [1913 Webster] -- {Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ly}, adv. -- {Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]