satisfaction

Feeling of completion

Satisfaction is the feeling of fulfillment when a need, desire, or expectation is met: She finished the project with a deep sense of satisfaction.

It extends to adequate resolution of a complaint or debt: The refund was offered to their satisfaction.

To demand satisfaction historically meant to challenge someone to a duel to restore wounded honor.

In legal and formal contexts, satisfaction is the discharge of an obligation.

pleasure

enjoyment

State of relishing something

  • happinessJoyful emotional state
  • delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
  • joyIntense positive emotion

bliss · contentment · comfort · well-being · serenity · euphoria · glee · mirth · relish · savoring

fulfillment

achievement

Accomplished goal or deed

success · attainment · realization · gratification · actualization · self-actualization · culmination · consummation · resolution · goal

appeasement

placation

Calming hostile feelings

reconciliation · compromise · reparation · amends · restitution · atonement · settlement · redress · compensation · resolution

recompense

compensation

Payment for services rendered

payment · damages · remuneration · indemnity · restitution · amends · remedy · recourse · judgment · award

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Opposites
emotional fulfillment

satisfactiondissatisfaction

State of being displeased

discontent · displeasure · unhappiness · discontentment · frustration

goal attainment

satisfactionfrustration

Displeasure from blocked efforts

disappointment · failure · defeat · letdown · unfulfillment

need fulfillment

satisfactiondissatisfaction

State of being displeased

want · need · unfulfillment · lack · deprivation

Phrases
Family

dissatisfaction, satisfactions, self-satisfaction, dissatisfactions

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