1
as in contentment
the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met
readers will close the covers of this mystery novel with complete satisfaction
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2
as in compensation
payment to another for a loss or injury
he's demanding satisfaction from his neighbor for running over his prize tulips
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as in assurance
a state of mind in which one is free from doubt
he proved to my satisfaction that he could not have done it
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Recent Examples of satisfaction
Studies have shown that winning the lottery can bring a measure of happiness that often correlates with levels of satisfaction that also come with financial stability.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Client satisfaction improved by immediately mobilizing preemptive rectifications on the ground, providing a better travel experience to motorists.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Artificial sugars can change your perception of sweet, leading you to consume more sugars to feel the same satisfaction.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Kyle Crane is back with a whole new suite of abilities, and many zombies are about to get their skulls caved in with great satisfaction.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Client satisfaction improved by immediately mobilizing preemptive rectifications on the ground, providing a better travel experience to motorists.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Artificial sugars can change your perception of sweet, leading you to consume more sugars to feel the same satisfaction.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Kyle Crane is back with a whole new suite of abilities, and many zombies are about to get their skulls caved in with great satisfaction.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satisfaction
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Feel that lovely dog weight, dog density, as your dog settles and downshifts, grows heavy with unconsciousness, and makes the profound noises, the groans of contentment and secret multi-voweled suspirations, of a dog entering its sleep world.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Was this what some people called analytic contentment?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Throughout Biglari’s numerous attempts to secure board seats at the chain, executives at Cracker Barrel have cited his executive compensation as proof of his ill intentions for the brand.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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Extra compensation may be available for additional dependents.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Many have significant reservations about the safety and efficacy of the COVID vaccine, despite assurances from most experts that the benefits outweigh the risks.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
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This would move us from probabilistic trust to mathematical certainty, transforming cryptographic assurance into a provable, unassailable fact.—
Pravir Malik,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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This should look like living your values (such as honesty, vulnerability, respect, enjoyment, curiosity, tenacity, risk-taking and learning from mistakes) every single day.—
Bill Flederbach,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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For example, the concept of nuisance, which has a long history in common law, protects the use and enjoyment of residents’ homes from indirect harms.—
Adam Summers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Sep. 2025
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The case, part of an ongoing lawfare effort in which local governments have been recruited to serve as plaintiffs, sought to hold the companies liable for damages the island suffered as a result of Hurricane Maria, which struck Puerto Rico in 2017.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The family is seeking $50 million in damages.—
Veronica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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And who doesn't, once in a while, need to be freed from the tyranny of certainty?—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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This would move us from probabilistic trust to mathematical certainty, transforming cryptographic assurance into a provable, unassailable fact.—
Pravir Malik,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yet on this evening, the four women—a German, a Pole, a Belgian and a Frenchwoman—were playing Beethoven’s masterpiece, clandestinely since Jewish musicians were not considered worthy of playing such magnificent German works and were doing so just for their own pleasure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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There’s no separating the pain from the pleasures of life.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
17 Sep. 2025
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Drawing from international human rights frameworks, theological ethics rooted in her Presbyterian tradition, and four historical case studies involving harm against AAPI communities, Kao examines both the moral and political dimensions of reparations.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Sep. 2025
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Rupture is a prerequisite for reparation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Satisfaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satisfaction. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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