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
One location consistently hits its targets while another struggles with sales, customer satisfaction, and retention—despite having the same training, technology, benefits, and labor budgets.
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Big Think, 22 Sep. 2025
Amazon has denied the agency’s claims and has said that Prime’s success is evident in high renewal rates and customer satisfaction scores.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
In turn, this can boost morale, retention, job satisfaction and happiness.
—Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
According to a new Purdue University study, there is a correlation between money, emotional well-being and life satisfaction.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
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Big Think, 22 Sep. 2025
Amazon has denied the agency’s claims and has said that Prime’s success is evident in high renewal rates and customer satisfaction scores.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
In turn, this can boost morale, retention, job satisfaction and happiness.
—Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
According to a new Purdue University study, there is a correlation between money, emotional well-being and life satisfaction.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satisfaction
Noun
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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
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According to Fox’s proxy filing, released Thursday, Murdoch took home a compensation package valued at $33 million in the company’s fiscal 2025, which ended June 30.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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There's an element of that that really comes down to partnering with our system partners to, again, incorporate those value elements into the physician compensation model so that those physicians can change their behaviors.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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In January, at Bondi’s confirmation hearing, the Democratic senator Amy Klobuchar sought assurances that Trump would not be permitted to tamper with criminal cases.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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But that is an ever-quainter assurance.—
David Karpf,
The Atlantic,
24 Sep. 2025
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Throughout the entire performance, the band explored visual enjoyment as well, using open-reel tape decks, CRT display drums, and electric fan harps, delivering a large-scale show that shook the entire venue, relentlessly building the crowd’s excitement.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
25 Sep. 2025
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There’s his loyalty, sure, but also this other flicker; some enjoyment, some sense of being alive.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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The case is now expected to move toward a trial where the court will decide how much Grimmway could pay in damages and what additional relief farmworkers may receive.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
24 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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In the past five or so years, airlines have seen a surge in passengers flying for pleasure who were willing to buy their way into premium economy or business class cabins on their own dime for a little extra comfort during their travels.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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The tense drama follows a successful scientist who develops a revolutionary recreational drug that works only on women, awakening a powerful sense of ecstasy and pleasure even when nothing in their circumstances has changed.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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But, first, one of the January 6th insurrectionists, emboldened by his pardon from the President, is now campaigning for reparations.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
24 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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“Satisfaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satisfaction. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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