Meaning of GRATIFICATION
| Pronunciation: | | `gratufu'keyshun
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | satisfaction |
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| | See Also: | | emotional state, humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering, pleasing, quality of life, satiation, satisfaction, self-gratification, spirit | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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