satisfaction meaning

Noun: satisfaction  `satis'fakshun

1. The contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation
   "the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction" 
2. State of being gratified or satisfied
   - gratification 
3. Compensation for a wrong
   "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"
   - atonement, expiation 
4. (law) the payment of a debt or fulfilment of an obligation
   "the full and final satisfaction of the claim" 
5. Act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite
   "the satisfaction of their demand for better services"

Derived forms: satisfactions

See also: satisfy

Type of: amends, change, contentment, damages, emotional state, indemnification, indemnity, payment, redress, restitution, spirit

Antonym: dissatisfaction

Encyclopedia: Satisfaction

[Architecture]

Cancellation of an encumbrance on real property, usually by payment of the debt secured by it.

[Business]
noun [U]

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, JOB SATISFACTION

1

the good feeling that you have when you are happy with sth that you have done, that you have bought, that has happened, etc:

She had the satisfaction of seeing her book become a best-seller.

He looked back on his career with great satisfaction.

2

an acceptable way of dealing with a complaint, a debt, an injury, etc:

They agreed on a payment of $5 000 in full satisfaction of the debt.

[Law]
n. 1. The fulfilment of a claim. See alsoACCORD AND SATISFACTION.
2. A doctrine of equity under which an obligation is discharged by payment, performance, or some similar act. The doctrine applies when the acts of a settlor are unclear. If the settlor discharges his obligation by an act different from that required, the obligation is said to be satisfied provided that the act he does is a sufficient substitute for the act he is charged to do. Thus if he owes a debt and leaves a legacy of the same or a greater amount to the creditor, the creditor is satisfied. Closely analogous to satisfaction are cases in which payment of a legacy is satisfied by payment of a portion and one legacy is satisfied by payment of another (see ADEMPTION): in these cases, however, there is no prior obligation owed by the settlor.

[Medicine]
The individual's experience of a sense of fulfillment of a need or want and the quality or state of being satisfied.

Examples

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1. i heard the news with great satisfaction.
2. he thought of her without satisfaction.
3. his smile betokens his satisfaction.
4. do you get any job satisfaction?
5. it gives me sincere satisfaction.