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satisfaction

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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishsatisfaccioun, fromOld Frenchsatisfaccion andLatinsatisfactiō, satisfactiōnis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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satisfaction (countable anduncountable,pluralsatisfactions)

  1. Afulfilment of aneed ordesire.
    • 1961,Harry E. Wedeck,Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page223:
      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 amatorysatisfactions.
  2. Thepleasure obtained by such fulfillment.
    • November 4, 1860,Henry David Thoreau,letter to Mr. D. R.
      This life is not for complaint, but forsatisfaction.
    • 1907 August,Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, inThe Younger Set, New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company,→OCLC:
      Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisitesatisfaction, 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.
  3. Thesource of suchgratification.
  4. Areparation for aninjury orloss.
  5. Avindication for awrongsuffered.
    The count demandedsatisfaction in the form of a duel at dawn.
    • c.1601–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene iv],page269:
      He is knight dubb'd with vnhatche'd Rapier, and on carpet conſideration, but he is a diuell in priuatebrall, soules and bodies hath he diuorc'd three, and his incenſement at this moment is ſo implacable, thatſatisfaction can be none, but by pangs of death and ſepulcher: Hob, nob, is his word: giu't or take't.
  6. (euphemistic)Sexual pleasure.
    • 1976 April 10, “Personal advertisement”, inGay Community News, page18:
      To young man who enjoys receiving oralsatisfaction, this BiWM will give you all you want.

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Translations

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fulfillment of a need or desire
pleasure obtained by such fulfillment
source of such gratification
reparation for an injury or loss
vindication for a wrong suffered
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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing fromLatinsatisfactiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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satisfaction f (uncountable)

  1. satisfaction
  2. fulfilment
    Synonym:assouvissement
  3. pleasure
    Synonym:plaisir

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