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
Homer approves equally of the man’s satisfactions and the woman’s chastity.
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David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Typically, the more problems a brand has, the lower its customer satisfactions rank — but not Rivian.
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Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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.
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Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
Accordingly, its satisfactions come from seeing those demands met.
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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.
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Big Think,
13 Nov. 2025
David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Typically, the more problems a brand has, the lower its customer satisfactions rank — but not Rivian.
—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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.
—
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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This can help address strength imbalances and movement compensations that, over time, can lead to injury.
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Still, Fiedler shows convincingly enough that American writers’ attempts to adapt the seduction narrative to our concerns—to reimagine it so as to preserve our enduring sense of ourselves as innocents—explain our literature’s peculiar aversions and resultant compensations.
Noun
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In 2022, a jury awarded Depp more than $10 million in damages, while Heard won one of her counterclaims and was awarded $2 million.
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Most kinds of lawsuit damages are taxable, including employment cases, property loss or damage, defamation, emotional distress, invasion of privacy, credit reporting and consumer cases, and many others.
Noun
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The sides also compromised on financial relief for Iran, which initially demanded at least $500 billion in reparations, one of the regional officials said.
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Collective, which advocates for reparations, land returns for Native Americans, bonds for newborns and a universal basic income.
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“Satisfactions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satisfactions. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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