the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation
<noun.feeling> the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction
state of being gratified or satisfied
<noun.state> dull repetitious work gives no gratification to my immense gratification he arrived on time
compensation for a wrong
<noun.possession> we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store
(law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation
<noun.possession> the full and final satisfaction of the claim
act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite
<noun.act> the satisfaction of their demand for better services
Satisfaction \Sat`is*fac"tion\, n. [OE. satisfaccioun, F. satisfaction, fr. L. satisfactio, fr. satisfacere to satisfy. See {Satisfy}.] 1. The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands.
The mind having a power to suspend the execution and satisfaction of any of its desires. --Locke.
2. Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation.
We shall make full satisfaction. --Shak.
3. That which satisfies or gratifies; atonement.
Die he, or justice must; unless for him Some other, able, and as willing, pay The rigid satisfaction, death for death. --Milton.
He relished his wife, delighted in her pregnancies, and viewed his growing brood with immense satisfaction.
I want it back.' I suppose some Moslems, reading those words uttered by Mr Salman Rushdie, the novelist, last week in his speech on the third anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa condemning him to death, will have felt a grim satisfaction.
Some 57% of the purchasing managers surveyed feel satisfied or optimistic about the next 12 months, up from a 39% satisfaction rating in December and from 48% last May.
CEOs also placed more importance than subordinates on employee productivity and employee satisfaction.
Mr. Bush has built his lead through his success at painting Mr. Dukakis as out-of-step with mainstream America, and through rising voter satisfaction with Mr. Reagan and with staying on the path of his policies.
These customers responded by buying Japanese cars with great success and satisfaction.
"He is effectively recommending the (complete acquittal) for those defendants against whom he says guilt has not been established to his satisfaction," said Sir Harry Livermore of Liverpool.
The officials expressed satisfaction at the progress of the talks, but declined to provide details on the projects, saying it will take time to work them out.
It has also helped the department to hold on to its trading standards officers who, because of their specialist knowledge are in demand from employers, such as large supermarkets. Efficiency and customer satisfaction.
But the television show gave him the money to do Hemingway, and now he has found satisfaction.
The study found a relationship between an individual school's success _ measured by students' eagerness to learn and staff satisfaction _ and the willingness of its principals and assistant principals to gamble on new ideas.
Here is how the top 10 were rated in the survey in three categories _ overall customer satisfaction, handling, and repair and reliability.
If a gamble on Ezzoud is a double gamble, then when it comes up it brings double the satisfaction. He is his own man, or horse: abundant with talent, miserly in its deployment: hugely frustrating, proportionately rewarding.
The planned defections among younger teachers came despite an overall increase in job satisfaction among teachers, the survey reported.
"I look back on my years as leader with satisfaction," the silver-haired senator said in an interview in his Capitol office suite last week.
Nancy Cruzan's parents again are seeking satisfaction from the legal system that has blocked their three-year battle to let the comatose woman die.
Kohl expressed satisfaction with the accord on NATO defense strategy that put off for at least two years a controversial project to upgrade the nuclear weapons.
But writing's rewards last longer. "Winning a race, there's the immediate satisfaction where people hit you on the back and say, `Well done.'
CHEFS have two sources of job satisfaction in addition to their pay packet. The first is cooking for a busy restaurant.
But judo, he suggests with satisfaction, is a sport where power doesn't count for much and skill is everything.
Most of the happy lawyers cited intellectual stimulation and not financial rewards as the primary reason for their job satisfaction.
Fully 64% didn't report the incidents, and more than half of those who did said the problem wasn't solved to their satisfaction.
But apparently the RTC has resolved those issues to its satisfaction.
An overall index of the emotional, physical and spiritual health of parish priests showed that 56 percent find "joy and satisfaction" in their work and that another third said the ministry was fulfilling though not always pleasant.
Bush said his inaugural address "will be an expression of satisfaction about how far we've come as a nation, and a recognition that we've got a long way to go," the president-elect said in an interview.
Other questions in a series of 20 provided respondents with opportunities to express satisfaction with the president's performance. -Ed.
Some economists believe this region's fortune hinges on "industries of the future" such as software and biotechnology, which benefit more from worker satisfaction than closeness to markets or raw materials.
However, another source said there was "very, very guarded satisfaction," that the EC had issued a proposal at all, thus enabling talks to resume in other areas.
"I don't suppose the issue will ever be resolved to everyone's satisfaction," a senior officer said.
But we do it for the prestige, the satisfaction and the chance to sell to collectors," he said, adding that the emblems represent only a small part of its $11 million annual volume.