Dictionary

satisfaction en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /sætɪsˈfækʃən/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 223:
2. (countable, uncountable) The pleasure obtained by the fulfillment of one or more needs or desires; a sense of contentment with one's situation and achievements.
   • November 4, 1860, Henry David Thoreau, letter to Mr. D. R. This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.
   • This early rigidification and satisfaction with his own conclusions made him insensitive to new political and philosophical ideas. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 35:
   • 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. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
3. (countable, uncountable) The source of such gratification.
4. (countable, uncountable) A reparation for an injury or loss.
5. (countable, uncountable) A vindication for a wrong suffered.
   • The count demanded satisfaction in the form of a duel at dawn.
   • 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. c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 269:
6. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable) Sexual pleasure.
   • To young man who enjoys receiving oral satisfaction, this BiWM will give you all you want. 1976 April 10, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18:

Forms

Deriveds

dissatisfaction · job satisfaction · satisfactionless · resatisfaction · satisfaction piece · satisfactual · undersatisfaction · nonsatisfaction · insatisfaction · satisfactional · unsatisfaction · self-satisfaction · satisfaction note · satisfaction theory of atonement

Synonyms

recompensation · restitution · requital · bote · acquittal · remuneration · repletion · redress · indemnity · recompense · relief · mends · quittal · amends · requite · amends · compensation · remuneration · assyth · satisfaction · indemnification · reparation · recompense

Translations (159)

ru удово́льствие (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · ca satisfacció (vindication for a wrong suffered) · eo kontenteco (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · es satisfacción (fulfillment of a need or desire) · kk қанағаттану (fulfillment of a need or desire) · vi sự thỏa mãn (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ga sásamh (vindication for a wrong suffered) · sq kënaqësi (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · bg удовлетворе́ние (fulfillment of a need or desire) · mi wanea (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hu megelégedés (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · kk қанағаттандыру (fulfillment of a need or desire) · cmn 滿意 /满意 (fulfillment of a need or desire) · da tilfredshed (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · nb tilfredsstillelse (fulfillment of a need or desire) · pt satisfação (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ja 満足 (fulfillment of a need or desire) · gl satisfacción (fulfillment of a need or desire) · pt satisfação (vindication for a wrong suffered) · pt satisfação (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · la fructus (fulfillment of a need or desire) · lt pasitenkinimas (fulfillment of a need or desire) · lt patenkinimas (fulfillment of a need or desire) · et rahuldus (fulfillment of a need or desire) · pt satisfação (reparation for an injury or loss) · ro satisfacție (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ro satisfacție (reparation for an injury or loss) · ko 만족 (fulfillment of a need or desire) · fa رِضا (fulfillment of a need or desire) · qu saksay (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hy գոհացում (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ca satisfacció (source of such gratification) · hu jóvátétel (reparation for an injury or loss) · ja 補償 (reparation for an injury or loss) · sv tillfredsställelse (fulfillment of a need or desire) · gd sàsachadh (fulfillment of a need or desire) · fi tyydytys (source of such gratification) · cs uspokojení (fulfillment of a need or desire) · is fullnæging (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ota اقناع (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hu kielégítés (fulfillment of a need or desire) · nb tilfredshet (fulfillment of a need or desire) · fi hyvitys (reparation for an injury or loss) · mi uruhautanga (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · pdt Befrädjunk (fulfillment of a need or desire) · uk задово́леність (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · tr hoşnutluk (source of such gratification) · ro satisfacție (vindication for a wrong suffered) · lv apmierinātība (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hu kielégülés (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · pt satisfação (source of such gratification) · ca satisfacció (fulfillment of a need or desire) · tg таъмин (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hi संतुष्टि (fulfillment of a need or desire) · sh задово̀љство (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hu kártérítés (reparation for an injury or loss) · fi täyttymys (source of such gratification) · fi vahingonkorvaus (reparation for an injury or loss) · el ικανοποίηση (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · fi tyydytys (fulfillment of a need or desire) · de Satisfaktion (reparation for an injury or loss) · ja 補償 (vindication for a wrong suffered) · pl zadowolenie (fulfillment of a need or desire) · nl bevrediging (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ms kepuasan (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · mk задоволство (vindication for a wrong suffered) · pt retribuição (reparation for an injury or loss) · nl tevredenheid (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · tr hoşnutluk (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · te తృప్తి (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ru удовлетворе́ние (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ja 償い (vindication for a wrong suffered) · th ความพอใจ (fulfillment of a need or desire) · cmn 滿足 /满足 (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ps قناعت (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hi कृतकृत्यता (fulfillment of a need or desire) · cmn 稱心 /称心 (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · de Befriedigung (fulfillment of a need or desire) · fi mielihyvä (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · gd sàsachadh (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · ga sástacht (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · de Genugtuung (reparation for an injury or loss) · sq kënaqësi (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hu megnyugvás (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · hu elégtétel (reparation for an injury or loss) · cmn 滿足 /满足 (source of such gratification) · uk задово́лення (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · bg удово́лствие (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · sv belåtenhet (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · tr tatmin (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ro satisfacție (source of such gratification) · ar اِرْتِيَاح (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ja 償い (reparation for an injury or loss) · pl satysfakcja (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · ro satisfacție (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · ja 充実 (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · sl zadovoljstvo (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hi तृप्ति (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ka კმაყოფილება (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · hi संतोष (fulfillment of a need or desire) · fr satisfaction (fulfillment of a need or desire) · de Zufriedenheit (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · tg қаноат (fulfillment of a need or desire) · tg ризо (fulfillment of a need or desire) · fa قَناعَت (fulfillment of a need or desire) · sa तर्पण (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ro satisfacere (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ru удовлетворённость (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · ja 充足 (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · ja 賠償 (vindication for a wrong suffered) · sk uspokojenie (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ar رِضَا (fulfillment of a need or desire) · eo kontentigo (fulfillment of a need or desire) · da tilfredsstillelse (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ca satisfacció (reparation for an injury or loss) · ca satisfacció (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · mk задоволство (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ja 満悦 (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · ar إِشْبَاع (fulfillment of a need or desire) · txb soylñe (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ga sásamh (reparation for an injury or loss) · mi ngata (fulfillment of a need or desire) · fa اِرضاء (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hu elégtétel (vindication for a wrong suffered) · el ικανοποίηση (reparation for an injury or loss) · bg задово́лство (fulfillment of a need or desire) · fi tyydytys (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · sh zadovòljstvo (fulfillment of a need or desire) · uk задово́лення (fulfillment of a need or desire) · it soddisfazione (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · pl zadowolenie (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · be здавальне́нне (fulfillment of a need or desire) · lv apmierinājums (fulfillment of a need or desire) · mi wanea (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · pl satysfakcja (fulfillment of a need or desire) · it soddisfazione (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ur قَناعَت (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ja 賠償 (reparation for an injury or loss) · cmn 愉快 (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · sv tillfredsställning (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hu kárpótlás (reparation for an injury or loss) · et rahulolu (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ga sásamh (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ky канааттандыруу (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hi संतुष्टि (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · hy բավարարում (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hu elégedettség (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · nl voldoening (fulfillment of a need or desire) · hu kiegyenlítés (reparation for an injury or loss) · fi hyvitys (vindication for a wrong suffered) · mi mokori (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ar إِرْضَاء (fulfillment of a need or desire) · ka კმაყოფილება (fulfillment of a need or desire) · pt retribuição (vindication for a wrong suffered) · ga sásamh (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · mr समाधान (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) · el ικανοποίηση (fulfillment of a need or desire) · cmn 滿意 /满意 (source of such gratification) · ka დაკმაყოფილება (fulfillment of a need or desire)