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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SATISFAC'TION, n. [L. satisfactio. See Satisfy.]
1. That state of the mind which results from the full gratification of desire; repose of mind or contentment with present possession and enjoyment. Sensual pleasure affords no permanent satisfaction.
2. The act of pleasing or gratifying.
The mind having a power to suspend the execution and satisfaction of its desires -
3. Repose of the mind on the certainty of any thing; that state which results from relief from suspense, doubt or uncertainty; conviction.
What satisfaction can you have?
4. Gratification; that which pleases.
Exchanging solid quiet to obtain the windy satisfaction of the brain.
5. That which satisfies; amends; recompense; compensation; indemnification; atonement. Satisfaction for damages, must be an equivalent; but satisfaction in many cases, may consist in concession or apology.
6. Payment; discharge; as, to receive a sum in full satisfaction of a debt; to enter satisfaction on record.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation; "the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction" [ant: dissatisfaction]
2: state of being gratified or satisfied; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time" [syn: gratification, satisfaction]
3: compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store" [syn: atonement, expiation, satisfaction]
4: (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation; "the full and final satisfaction of the claim"
5: act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite; "the satisfaction of their demand for better services"

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin satisfaction-, satisfactio, from Latin, reparation, amends, from satisfacere to satisfy Date: 14th century 1. a. the payment through penance of the temporal punishment incurred by a sin b. reparation for sin that meets the demands of divine justice 2. a. fulfillment of a need or want b. the quality or state of being satisfied ; contentment c. a source or means of enjoyment ; gratification 3. a. compensation for a loss or injury ; atonement, restitution b. the discharge of a legal obligation or claim c. vindication 4. convinced assurance or certainty <proved to the satisfaction of the court>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of satisfying; the state of being satisfied (heard this with great satisfaction). 2 a thing that satisfies desire or gratifies feeling (is a great satisfaction to me). 3 a thing that settles an obligation or pays a debt. 4 a (foll. by for) atonement; compensation (demanded satisfaction). b Theol. Christ's atonement for the sins of mankind. Phrases and idioms: to one's satisfaction so that one is satisfied. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L satisfactio -onis (as SATISFY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. The mind having a power to suspend the execution and satisfaction of any of its desires. --Locke. 2. Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation. We shall make full satisfaction. --Shak. 3. 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. --Milton. Syn: Contentment; content; gratification; pleasure; recompense; compensation; amends; remuneration; indemnification; atonement.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Satisfaction is the pleasure that you feel when you do something or get something that you wanted or needed to do or get. She felt a small glow of satisfaction... Both sides expressed satisfaction with the progress so far... 2. If you get satisfaction from someone, you get money or an apology from them because you have been treated badly. If you can't get any satisfaction, complain to the park owner. N-UNCOUNT 3. If you do something to someone's satisfaction, they are happy with the way that you have done it. It is hard to see how the issue can be resolved to everyone's satisfaction. PHRASE: PHR after v

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sat-is-fak'-shun: Occurs twice in the King James Version (Nu 35:31,32) as a rendering of the Hebrew kopher (the Revised Version (British and American) "ransom"). It means a price paid as compensation for a life, and the passage cited is a prohibition against accepting such, in case of murder, or for the return of the manslayer. Such compensation was permitted in ancient justice among many peoples. Compare poine, which Liddell and Scott define as "properly quit-money for blood spilt, the fine paid by the slayer to the kinsman of the slain, as a ransom from all consequences." The same custom prevailed among Teutonic peoples, as seen in the German Wergeld and Old English wergild. The Hebrew lairs of the Old Testament permit it only in the case of a man or woman gored to death by an ox (Ex 21:30-32).

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Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Gratification. 2. Contentment, content, enjoyment, ease, comfort, pleasure, complacency. 3. Compensation, amends, requital, remuneration, indemnification, reparation, atonement, recompense, reward. 4. Discharge, payment.

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