SATISFACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does satisfaction mean? 

• SATISFACTION (noun)
  The noun SATISFACTION has 5 senses:

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

2. state of being gratified or satisfied

3. compensation for a wrong

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

5. act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite

  Familiarity information: SATISFACTION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATISFACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Context example:

the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction

Hypernyms ("satisfaction" is a kind of...):

contentment (happiness with one's situation in life)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "satisfaction"):

pride (satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements)

complacence; complacency; self-complacency; self-satisfaction (the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself)

fulfillment; fulfilment (a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires)

glee; gloat; gloating (malicious satisfaction)

Antonym:

dissatisfaction (the feeling of being displeased and discontent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

State of being gratified or satisfied

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

gratification; satisfaction

Context example:

to my immense gratification he arrived on time

Hypernyms ("satisfaction" is a kind of...):

emotional state; spirit (the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "satisfaction"):

quality of life (your personal satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) with the cultural or intellectual conditions under which you live (as distinct from material comfort))

comfort (satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Compensation for a wrong

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

atonement; expiation; satisfaction

Context example:

we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store

Hypernyms ("satisfaction" is a kind of...):

amends; damages; indemnification; indemnity; redress; restitution (a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

the full and final satisfaction of the claim

Hypernyms ("satisfaction" is a kind of...):

payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the satisfaction of their demand for better services

Hypernyms ("satisfaction" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "satisfaction"):

gratification (the act or an instance of satisfying)

Derivation:

satisfy (fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction)

satisfy (meet the requirements or expectations of)

 Context examples 

Even your satisfaction I made sure of.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I said he was a hound, which, at the moment, was a great satisfaction to me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He sighed heavily and with satisfaction.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She had some satisfaction in finding that he was really going out of Bath the next morning, going early, and that he would be gone the greater part of two days.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

I was shown ten times a-day, to the wonder and satisfaction of all people.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

He looked more than usually grave, and though expressing satisfaction at finding Miss Dashwood alone, as if he had somewhat in particular to tell her, sat for some time without saying a word.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

My Dear: I write a little word to tell you with how much satisfaction I watch your efforts to control your temper.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Also, he found great satisfaction in Edith's reading to him from the Bible.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

My second, I fear, was rather one of professional satisfaction.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It never gave the satisfaction the old windlass had given, but it worked and made my work possible.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)