satisfactionnoun
uk/ˌsæt.ɪsˈfæk.ʃən/us/ˌsæt̬.ɪsˈfæk.ʃən/B2 [ C or U ] a pleasant feeling that you get when you receive something you wanted, or when you have done something you wanted to do:
She looked at the finished painting with satisfaction.
She derived/obtained great satisfaction from/out of helping other people.
For me, job satisfaction is more important than the money.
She had the satisfaction of knowing that she'd done everything she could.
[ U ] formal a way of dealing with a complaint or problem that makes the person who complained feel happy:
You've sold me a defective product and I demand satisfaction (= you must return my money or give me a new product).
[ U ] the act of fulfilling (= achieving) a need or wish:
the satisfaction of one's sexual desires
to sb's satisfaction
C2 in a way that a particular person can believe or accept:
The boy explained to the satisfaction of the court why he had lied.
C2 in a way that a particular person feels pleased or satisfied with:
He won't get paid until he completes the job to my satisfaction.
More examples
- She felt a warm glow of satisfaction.
- The Finance Minister's fall from grace gave the tabloid press great satisfaction.
- I get a lot of satisfaction from cooking.
- It gave me great satisfaction to learn that he'd been sacked.
- She smiled with satisfaction.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Satisfied and complacent
- at one with the world idiom
- be on to a good thing idiom
- complacency
- complacent
- content
- life
- nicely
- pride
- rest
- rest on your laurels idiom
- run
- sate
- sated
- self-fulfilment
- self-satisfied
- smug
- smugly
- that'll do nicely idiom
- thing
- world
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Suitable and acceptable