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Gratification

Gratification Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gratification? [n] the act or an instance of satisfying [n] state of being gratified; great satisfaction; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gratification: satisfaction Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gratification: amusement \| animal pleasure \| bodily pleasure \| boodle \| bribe \| bribe money \| carnal delight \| coddling \| comfort \| compensation \| content \| contentment \| cosseting \| coziness \| creature comforts \| delight \| ease \| endpleasure \| enjoyment \| entertainment \| euphoria \| favoring \| forepleasure \| fruition \| fun \| gratuity \| great satisfaction \| gusto \| hearty enjoyment \| humoring \| hush money \| indulgence \| intellectual pleasure \| joie de vivre \| keen pleasure \| kicks \| luxury \| mollycoddling \| obliging \| overindulgence \| overpermissiveness \| pampering \| payoff \| payola \| permissiveness \| physical pleasure \| pleasing \| pleasure \| protection \| quiet pleasure \| recompense \| relish \| requital \| return \| reward \| satisfaction \| self-gratification \| self-indulgence \| sensual pleasure \| sensuous pleasure \| sexual pleasure \| sop \| spoiling \| sweetness of life \| titillation \| voluptuousness \| well-being \| zest See Also \| emotional state \| humoring \| indulgence \| indulging \| pampering \| pleasing \| quality of life \| satiation \| satisfaction \| self-gratification \| spirit Gratification In Webster's Dictionary \Grat"ifica"tion\, n. [L. gratificatio: cf. F. gratification.] 1. The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart. 2. That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight. 3. A reward; a recompense; a gratuity. --Bp. Morton.

Gratification Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gratification?

[n] the act or an instance of satisfying
[n] state of being gratified; great satisfaction; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gratification: satisfaction

Gratification In Webster's Dictionary

\Grat"i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. gratificatio: cf. F.
gratification.]
1. The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the
   taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the
   palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires,
   of the heart.

2. That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment;
   fruition: delight.

3. A reward; a recompense; a gratuity. --Bp. Morton.

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