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to someone's satisfaction

idiom

Definition of to someone's satisfaction

: so that someone is happy, pleased, or satisfied
  • The work was not done to my satisfaction.

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someone play

  1. : some person : somebody

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satisfaction play

  1. : the payment through penance of the temporal punishment incurred by a sin

  2. : reparation for sin that meets the demands of divine justice

  3. : fulfillment of a need or want

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