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/sætɪsˈfækʃən/
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sætɪsˈfækʃən
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A fulfilment of a need or desire.
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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.
The pleasure obtained by the fulfillment of one or more needs or desires; a sense of contentment with one's situation and achievements.
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November 4, 1860, Henry David Thoreau, letter to Mr. D. R. This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.
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Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
This early rigidification and satisfaction with his own conclusions made him insensitive to new political and philosophical ideas.
The source of such gratification.
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A reparation for an injury or loss.
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A vindication for a wrong suffered.
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The count demanded satisfaction in the form of a duel at dawn.
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He is knight dubb'd with vnhatche'd Rapier, and on carpet conſideration, but he is a diuell in priuate brall, soules and bodies hath he diuorc'd three, and his incenſement at this moment is ſo implacable, that ſatisfaction can be none, but by pangs of death and ſepulcher: Hob, nob, is his word: giu't or take't.
Sexual pleasure.
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To young man who enjoys receiving oral satisfaction, this BiWM will give you all you want.
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the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation
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the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction
state of being gratified or satisfied
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dull repetitious work gives no gratification
to my immense gratification he arrived on time
compensation for a wrong
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we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store
(law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation
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the full and final satisfaction of the claim
act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite
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the satisfaction of their demand for better services