satisfaction 
sat·is·fac·tion (sat′is fak′s̸hən)
noun
- a satisfying or being satisfied
- something that satisfies; specif.,
- anything that brings gratification, pleasure, or contentment
- settlement of debt; discharge of obligation
- reparation for injury or insult
- Theol. atonement for sin
Etymology: ME satisfaccioun < OFr satisfaction < L satisfactio
give satisfaction
- to satisfy
- to accept a challenge to duel
satisfaction
n.
The act of satisfying
gratification, fulfillment, achievement, reparation, atonement, settlement, recompense, compensation, amends, indemnification, redemption, conciliation, propitiation, indulgence, liquidation, amusement. The state or feeling of being satisfied
comfort, pleasure, well-being, content, contentment, gladness, delight, bliss, joy, happiness, relief, comfort, complacency, peace of mind, ease, heart's ease, serenity, contentedness, cheerfulness. Antonyms
dissatisfaction*, unhappiness*, discontent. * Something that satisfies
treat, entertainment, refreshment, remuneration, meed, prize, reward, prosperity, good fortune; see also aid 1, blessing 2.Reparation
reimbursement, repayment, compensation; see reparation 2.
n
Converse of object
- express: The committee expressed general satisfaction with the progress to date relating to the site.
- derive: Some people derive huge satisfaction from leaving personal work for their families.
- guarantee: You are guaranteed satisfaction, of which we are totally reliant on for the success of our business.
Noun used with modifier
- customer: Worse for Mercedes, the customer satisfaction surveys backed the gossip.
- job: Public sector work can also result in high levels of job satisfaction.
- constraint: This approach is used to guide a simple heuristic constraint satisfaction algorithm eliminating the need to explicitly define a search objective.
- client: Endeavor, at all times, to maximize client satisfaction.
- tenant: This enabled Family HA to measure tenant satisfaction from the first month of the project.
- employe: The Harvard Business Review reported on a survey which related employe satisfaction to profitability.
Adjective modifier
- immense: The technical improvement, championship successes and popularity of the UKTSDF over the years have naturally been a source of immense satisfaction.
- overall: Overall satisfaction with repairs rose from 57 % in the first quarter to 67 % by the end of the last quarter.
- smug: But before we in Britain show any smug satisfaction at the US picture, it's worth looking at our own country.
- increased: This confirms findings by Stalker, who found that occupational therapists derived increased job satisfaction in their new care management role.
- maternal: The aim is to compare the efficacy, maternal satisfaction and midwife acceptability of the three models of care provision.
- improved: By contrast, there were some signs of improved job satisfaction under the choice schemes considered in the research.
Modifies a noun
- survey: Worse for Mercedes, the customer satisfaction surveys backed the gossip.
- rating: Customer satisfaction ratings on these services are generally high.
- guarantee: No waiting period, no Deductibles, no claim forms, 100 % satisfaction guarantee.
- questionnaire: The life satisfaction questionnaire is broken down into a number of life domains.
Preposition: in
- industry*: Research shows that Ulster Bank has one of the highest rates of customer satisfaction in the industry*.
Alle Befriedigung, oder was man gemeinhin Glu« ck nennt, ist eigentlich und wesentlich immer nur negativ und durchaus nie positiv. All satisfaction, or what iscommonlycalled happiness, is really and essentially always negative only, and never positive.
Nay, good sir, be not so violent; with speed I cannot render satisfaction Unto the dear companion of my soul, Virginity, whom I thus long have lived with, And part with it so rude and suddenly. Can such friends divide, never to meet again, Without a solemn farewell?
I can't get no satisfaction I can't get no girl reaction. 432
In the final analysis, all architecture reveals the application of human ingenuity to the satisfaction of human needs. And among these needs are not only shelter, warmth and accommodation, but also the needs, felt at every moment in every part of the world in endlessly different ways, for something more profound, evocative and universal, for beauty, for permanence, for immortality.
'Cricket,'said Raffles,'like everything else, is a good enough sport until you discover a better. As a source of excitement it isn't in it with other things you wot of Bunny, and theinvoluntarycomparison becomes a bore. What's the satisfaction of taking a man's wicket when you want his spoons?' 414
If a man has a talent and cannot use it, he has failed.If he has a talent and uses only half of it, he has partly failed.If he has a talent and learns somehow to use the whole of it, he has gloriously succeeded, and won a satisfaction and a triumph few men ever know.
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