satisfaction

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite

   the satisfaction of their demand for better services

2. 2
   noun

   the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation

   the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction

3. 3
   noun

   compensation for a wrong

   we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store

4. 4
   noun

   (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation

   the full and final satisfaction of the claim

5. 5
   noun

   A fulfilment of a need or desire.

   The witch, repository of hieratic lore and folk legends and occult arcana, became the distributor of philtres and unguents, electuaries and pastilles, herbs and charms and incantations - directed toward sexual pleasures and amatory satisfactions.

6. 6
   noun

   The pleasure obtained by such fulfillment.

   November 4, 1860, Henry David Thoreau, letter to Mr. D. R. This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

7. 7
   noun

   A vindication for a wrong suffered.

   The count demanded satisfaction in the form of a duel at dawn.

8. 8
   noun

   Sexual pleasure.

   To young man who enjoys receiving oral satisfaction, this BiWM will give you all you want.

Etymology

From Middle English satisfaccioun, from Old French satisfaccion and Latin satisfactiō, satisfactiōnis.