as in compensations
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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Recent Examples of satisfactions
Working for his hometown has its satisfactions After living all over the world for 25 years in the foreign service, Marc Shaw, 51, was ready to come home to Kansas City, Missouri.
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Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Niazi doesn’t discuss the frustrations or satisfactions of this process.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Accordingly, its satisfactions come from seeing those demands met.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026
Few satisfactions are more uniquely human than the slow extraction of new understanding, illuminated through the steady attention of your mind’s eye.
—Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025
Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Niazi doesn’t discuss the frustrations or satisfactions of this process.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Accordingly, its satisfactions come from seeing those demands met.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026
Few satisfactions are more uniquely human than the slow extraction of new understanding, illuminated through the steady attention of your mind’s eye.
—Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satisfactions
Noun
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Being stuck in a state of fight-or-flight increases protective muscle tension, altering movement mechanics, limiting mobility, and increasing the likelihood of compensations that can lead to pain or injury.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Suns reportedly offered Royce O'Neale and second-round compensations.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The complaint does not list a specific dollar amount the city is seeking in damages.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Newman’s work has been welcomed by reformers and those who have been arguing, for years, in favor of British reparations to societies that have borne the legacy of its slaving activities.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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Conversations around reparations in the United States are not new, nor are conversations about the legitimacy of Puerto Rico being its own country, separate of American influence and control.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Time,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Satisfactions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satisfactions. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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