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Dictionary: sat·is·fac·tion   (săt'ĭs-făk'shən) pronunciation
 
n.
    1. The fulfillment or gratification of a desire, need, or appetite.
    2. Pleasure or contentment derived from such gratification.
    3. A source or means of gratification.
    1. Compensation for injury or loss; reparation.
    2. The opportunity to avenge a wrong; vindication.
  1. Assurance beyond doubt or question; complete conviction.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin satisfactiō, satisfactiōn-, amends, from satisfactus, past participle of satisfacere, to satisfy. See satisfy.]


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Definition: giving or feeling comfort, content
Antonyms: discontent, dissatisfaction, need, unhappiness, want


 
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Discharge of an obligation by actual payment of what is due or what is awarded by a court or other authority.

 
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Cancellation of an encumbrance on real property, usually by payment of the debt secured by it.


 
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A set of sentences is satisfiable in a domain if it can be given an interpretation in the domain in which it is true. See model theory.

 
Sports Science and Medicine: satisfaction
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The sense of achievement and the fulfilment of a need. It is generally accepted that sport can render possible the expression of satisfaction of many desires: for example, the desire for recreation, social contact, aggression, play, and self assuredness.

 
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The discharge of an obligation by paying a party what is due — as on a mortgage, lien, or contract — or by paying what is awarded to a person by the judgment of a court or otherwise. An entry made on the record, by which a party in whose favor a judgment was rendered declares that she has been satisfied and paid.

The fulfillment of a gift by will, whereby the testator — one who dies leaving a will— makes an inter vivos gift, one which is made while the testator is alive to take effect while the testator is living, to the beneficiary with the intent that it be in lieu of the gift by will. In equity, something given either in whole or in part as a substitute or equivalent for something else.

 
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IN BRIEF: n. - Act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite; The contentment you feel when you have done something right..

pronunciation The satisfaction achieved from a successful temporal life is just a transient goal.  — Dalai Lama, Source: Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life as it Could Be, Page: 5

 
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"To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice." - Lord Acton

"You can never get enough of the things you don't need, because the things you don't need can never satisfy." - Marvin J. Ashton

"I am easily satisfied with the very best." - Winston Churchill

"Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure." - Thomas A. Edison

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has." - Epictetus

"He is rich that is satisfied." - Thomas Fuller

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tilfredsstillelse, tilfredshed, oprejsning, dækning, satisfaktion

Nederlands (Dutch)
voldoening, tevredenheid, bevrediging, genoegdoening, (schuld) vereffening

Français (French)
n. - satisfaction, dédommagement, réparation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Befriedigung, Genugtuung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ικανοποίηση, αποκατάσταση, αποζημίωση, εκπλήρωση (υποχρεώσεως κ.λπ.), εξόφληση (χρέους κ.λπ.), (θρησκ.) εξιλασμός

Italiano (Italian)
soddisfazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - satisfação (f)

Русский (Russian)
удовлетворение, удовольствие, радость, убежденность, вызов на дуэль, исполнение обязательства, искупление грехов

Español (Spanish)
n. - complacencia, satisfacción, contento, hartazgo, compensación, reembolso, reparación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tillfredsställelse, belåtenhet, uppgörelse, gottgörelse, kompensation, vederlag, upprättelse, revansch, försoning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
满意, 满足, 称心, 愉快

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 滿意, 滿足, 稱心, 愉快

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 만족하기, 양해, (빚의) 변제

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 満足させること, 満足, 弁済義務の履行, 賠償, 謝罪, 決闘

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أرتياح, أشباع, أرضاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שביעות רצון, סיפוק, מילוי צורך, פיצוי, תגמול, נקם‬


 
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