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satisfaction
noun
1 satisfaction
The contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation.
Roget 926:
duty,
what ought to be done,
moral obligation,
accountableness†,
liability,
onus,
responsibility;
bounden duty,
imperative duty;
call,
call of duty;
accountability.
allegiance,
fealty,
tie engagement
etc.
(promise)
768;
part;
function,
calling
etc.
(business)
625.
morality,
morals,
decalogue;
case of conscience;
conscientiousness
etc.
(probity)
939;
conscience,
inward monitor,
still small voice within,
sense of duty,
tender conscience,
superego;
the hell within
[Paradise Lost].
dueness
etc.
924;
propriety,
fitness,
seemliness,
amenability,
decorum,
to prepon;
the thing,
the proper thing;
the right thing to do,
the proper thing to do.
[Science of morals]
ethics,
ethology. ;
deontology†,
aretology†;
moral philosophy,
ethical philosophy;
casuistry,
polity.
observance,
fulfillment,
discharge,
performance,
acquittal,
satisfaction,
redemption;
good behavior.
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Roget 869:
satiety,
satisfaction,
saturation,
repletion,
glut,
surfeit;
cloyment†,
satiation;
weariness
etc.
841.
spoiled child;
enfant gete [Fr.],
enfant terrible [Fr.];
too much of a good thing,
toujours perdrix [Fr.];
crambe repetita [Lat.].
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Roget 831:
content,
contentment,
contentedness;
complacency,
satisfaction,
entire satisfaction,
ease,
heart's ease,
peace of mind;
serenity
etc.
826;
cheerfulness
etc.
836;
ray of comfort;
comfort
etc.
(well-being)
827.
reconciliation;
resignation
etc.
(patience)
826.
[person who is contented]
waiter on Providence.
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Roget 807:
payment,
defrayment†;
discharge;
acquittance,
quittance;
settlement,
clearance,
liquidation,
satisfaction,
reckoning,
arrangement.
acknowledgment,
release;
receipt,
receipt in full,
receipt in full of all demands;
voucher.
salary,
compensation,
remuneration
(reward)
973.
repayment,
reimbursement,
retribution;
pay
etc.
(reward)
973;
money paid
etc.
(expenditure)
809.
ready money
etc.
(cash)
800;
stake,
remittance,
installment.
payer,
liquidator
etc.
801.
pay cash,
pay cash on the barrelhead.
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Roget 772:
observance,
performance,
compliance,
acquiescence,
concurrence;
obedience
etc.
743;
fulfillment,
satisfaction,
discharge;
acquittance,
acquittal.
adhesion,
acknowledgment;
fidelity
etc.
(probity)
939;
exact
etc.
494;
observance.
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Roget 720:
contention,
strife;
contest,
contestation†;
struggle;
belligerency;
opposition
etc.
708.
controversy,
polemics;
debate
etc.
(discussion)
476;
war of words,
logomachy†,
litigation;
paper war;
high words
etc.
(quarrel)
713;
sparring
etc.
v..
competition,
rivalry;
corrivalry†,
corrivalship†,
agonism†,
concours†,
match,
race,
horse racing,
heat,
steeple chase,
handicap;
regatta;
field day;
sham fight,
Derby day;
turf,
sporting,
bullfight,
tauromachy†,
gymkhana†;
boat race,
torpids†.
wrestling,
greco-roman wrestling;
pugilism,
boxing,
fisticuffs,
the manly art of self-defense;
spar,
mill,
set-to,
round,
bout,
event,
prize fighting;
quarterstaff,
single stick;
gladiatorship†,
gymnastics;
jiujitsu,
jujutsu,
kooshti†,
sumo;
athletics,
athletic sports;
games of skill
etc.
840.
shindy†;
fracas
etc.
(discord)
713;
clash of arms;
tussle,
scuffle,
broil,
fray;
affray,
affrayment†;
velitation†;
colluctation†,
luctation†;
brabble†,
brigue†,
scramble,
melee,
scrimmage,
stramash†,
bushfighting†.
free fight,
stand up fight,
hand to hand,
running fight.
conflict,
skirmish;
rencounter†,
encounter;
rencontre†,
collision,
affair,
brush,
fight;
battle,
battle royal;
combat,
action,
engagement,
joust,
tournament;
tilt,
tilting [Mediev.];
tournay†,
list;
pitched battle.
death struggle,
struggle for life or death,
life or death struggle,
Armageddon†.
hard knocks,
sharp contest,
tug of war.
naval engagement,
naumachia†,
sea fight.
duel,
duello [It];
single combat,
monomachy†,
satisfaction,
passage d'armes [Fr.],
passage of arms,
affair of honor;
triangular duel;
hostile meeting,
digladiation†;
deeds of arms,
feats of arms;
appeal to arms
etc.
(warfare)
722.
pugnacity;
combativeness
etc.
adj.;
bone of contention
etc.
713.
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Roget 639:
sufficiency,
adequacy,
enough,
withal,
satisfaction,
competence;
no less;
quantum sufficit [Lat.],
Q. S.
mediocrity
etc.
(average)
29.
fill;
fullness
etc.
(completeness)
52;
plenitude,
plenty;
abundance;
copiousness
etc.
adj.;
amplitude,
galore,
lots,
profusion;
full measure;
good measure pressed down and running, over."
luxuriance
etc.
(fertility)
168;
affluence
etc.
(wealth)
803;
fat of the land;
a land flowing with milk and honey;"
cornucopia;
horn of plenty,
horn of Amalthaea;
mine
etc.
(stock)
636.
outpouring;
flood
etc.
(great quantity)
31;
tide
etc.
(river)
348;
repletion
etc.
(redundancy)
641;
satiety
etc.
869.
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Dutch: tevredenheid, vergenoegdheid, voldoening
Polish: duma, satysfakcja, spełnienie, ukontentowanie, zadowolenie
2 satisfaction
State of being gratified or satisfied.
synonym: gratification.
Roget 827:
pleasure,
gratification,
enjoyment,
fruition;
oblectation,
delectation,
delection†;
relish,
zest;
gusto
etc.
(physical pleasure)
377;
satisfaction
etc.
(content)
831;
complacency.
well-being;
good
etc.
618;
snugness,
comfort,
ease;
cushion
etc.
215;
sans souci [Fr.],
without worry,
mind at ease.
joy,
gladness,
delight,
glee,
cheer,
sunshine;
cheerfulness
etc.
836.
treat,
refreshment;
amusement
etc.
840;
luxury
etc.
377.
mens sana in corpore sano [Lat.]
[Juvenal],
a sound mind in a sound body.
happiness,
felicity,
bliss;
beatitude,
beautification;
enchantment,
transport,
rapture,
ravishment,
ecstasy;
summum bonum [Lat.];
paradise,
elysium
etc.
(heaven)
981;
third heaven†,
seventh heaven,
cloud nine;
unalloyed happiness
&c.;
hedonics†,
hedonism.
honeymoon;
palmy days,
halcyon days;
golden age,
golden time;
Dixie,
Dixie's land;
Saturnia regna [Lat.],
Arcadia†,
Shangri-La,
happy valley,
Agapemone†.
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Dutch: tevredenheid, vergenoegdheid, voldoening
Polish: nasycenie
3 satisfaction
Compensation for a wrong:
— We were unable to get satisfaction from the local store.
synonyms: atonement, expiation.
Roget 952:
atonement,
reparation;
compromise,
composition;
compensation
etc.
30;
quittance,
quits;
expiation,
redemption,
reclamation,
conciliation,
propitiation;
indemnification,
redress.
amends,
apology,
amende honorable†,
satisfaction;
peace offering,
sin offering,
burnt offering;
scapegoat,
sacrifice.
penance,
fasting,
maceration,
sackcloth and ashes,
white sheet,
shrift,
flagellation,
lustration†;
purgation,
purgatory.
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Roget 973:
reward,
recompense,
remuneration,
meed,
guerdon†,
reguerdon†;
price.
[payment for damage or debt]
indemnity,
indemnification;
quittance;
compensation;
reparation,
redress,
satisfaction;
reckoning,
acknowledgment,
requital,
amends,
sop;
atonement,
retribution;
consideration,
return,
quid pro quo.
salvage,
perquisite;
vail
etc.
(donation)
784†.
douceur [Fr.],
bribe;
hush money,
smart money†;
blackmail,
extortion;
carcelage†;
solatium†.
allowance,
salary,
stipend,
wages,
compensation;
pay,
payment;
emolument;
tribute;
batta†,
shot,
scot;
bonus,
premium,
tip;
fee,
honorarium;
hire;
dasturi†,
dustoori†;
mileage.
crown
etc.
(decoration of honor)
877.
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4 satisfaction
law The payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation.
5 satisfaction
Act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite.
Polish: nasycenie, zaspokojenie
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