satisfaction
noun
[ satɪsˈfakʃ(ə)n ]
• fulfilment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs, or the pleasure derived from this.
• "I looked round with satisfaction"
Similar:
contentment,
contentedness,
content,
pleasure,
gratification,
fulfilment,
happiness,
sense of well-being,
pride,
sense of achievement,
delight,
joy,
enjoyment,
relish,
triumph,
self-satisfaction,
smugness,
complacency,
self-content,
appeasement,
assuagement,
• the payment of a debt or fulfilment of an obligation or claim.
• "in full and final satisfaction of the claim"
Similar:
compensation,
recompense,
reparation,
restitution,
repayment,
payment,
settlement,
reimbursement,
indemnification,
indemnity,
damages,
redress,
amends,
atonement,
justice,
requital,
retribution,
quid pro quo,
• Christ's atonement for sin.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin satisfactio(n- ), from satisfacere ‘satisfy, content’ (see satisfy). The earliest recorded use referred to the last part of religious penance after ‘contrition’ and ‘confession’: this involved fulfilment of the observance required by the confessor, in contrast with the current meaning ‘fulfilment of one's own expectations’.
