satisfaction

noun

ˌsa-təs-ˈfak-shən How to pronounce satisfaction (audio)
Definition of satisfactionnext
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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3
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 Rice, the most physical of the Chiefs’ receivers at 204 pounds, has taken a measure of satisfaction in this part of the game. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026 According to recent survey data from polling firm Forsa, merely 11% of the German public currently expresses satisfaction with his performance in office. — CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 Palate-cleansing, complex, but also leaving an urge for a more primal satisfaction. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 All three express satisfaction with the deal, but Trump does not respond to questions about whether his quest to acquire the territory is off the table. — ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for satisfaction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satisfaction
  1. contentment
  2. compensation
  3. assurance
  4. enjoyment
  5. damages
  6. certainty
  7. pleasure
  8. reparation
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  • Yet as related here in the low-key delivery of someone who not just survived but lived to be 101 years old, Jaku was able to enjoy the love, peace, contentment and security he was denied in his youth.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The Straits of Florida glisten and the sun leaves a feeling of hazy contentment.
    — Oliver Wu, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of contentment
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  • Expected to begin in early October, the mediation will not determine responsibility, only negotiate potential victim compensation.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The measure’s primary backer, SEIU-UHW, argues the clinics are misspending funds on items like executive compensation that should go towards patient care.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of compensation
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  • In reality, a good AI governance framework is connective tissue between an organization’s ambition to use AI for greater good and the assurance that good is actually being delivered.
    — Jeffrey Bartel, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Tjon brings more than 16 years of experience across certification, assurance and global textile supply chains.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of assurance
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  • They were found to sharply increase how long people continued to engage, but often for reasons of anger and curiosity, rather than enjoyment.
    — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Richardson discusses how his early fascination with science and his enjoyment of science fiction has influenced his poetry and considers the way his aphorisms counterbalance his more lyric poems.
    — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of enjoyment
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  • The City of Boulder and Boulder County, Colorado, in 2018 sued major fossil-fuel producers Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy, seeking financial damages under state public nuisance law.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The family is seeking an unspecified amount in damages, as well as the parents’ removal from the registry.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of damages
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  • By defining requirements upfront and approving change orders quickly, the model improves schedule certainty and ensures vessels are mission-ready when they are delivered.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Heavy rainfall is a certainty with this storm, but the level of threat from sustained winds and storm surge will be dependent upon the extent to which Isaias can get its act together.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of certainty
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  • His ambition is mostly to lure new customers — including the #BookTok generation — off their screens and into the stores to experience the IRL pleasures of book shopping.
    — Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Your work has long played with pleasure, kink and the tension between what is proper and what is provocative — from your infamous jockstraps to the recent patent leather groom who closed the recent men’s show in Milan.
    — Tyler Matthew Oyer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of pleasure
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  • While the British government has consistently rejected calls for financial reparations, the Crown’s referral effectively delegates the legal parsing of these historical grievances to the Privy Council in London.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The idea for Evanston's reparations program took root in 2019, when Robin Rue Simmons, then a councilmember representing the city's historic Black neighborhood, the 5th Ward, was researching why its Black population was shrinking.
    — Adrian Florido, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of reparation

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“Satisfaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satisfaction. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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