satisfaction

n 1: the contentment you feel when you have done something right;

"the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction"

[ant: {dissatisfaction}]

2: state of being gratified; great satisfaction: "dull

repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense

gratification he arrived on time" [syn: {gratification}]

3: compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get

satisfaction from the local store" [syn: {atonement}, {expiation}]

4: act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite; "the

satisfaction of their demand for better services" [syn: {satisfying}]