satisfactions

Pleasures from completion

Satisfactions are instances or sources of fulfillment—things that bring contentment or meet a need.

The plural suggests multiple forms: the satisfactions of a job well done, life's small satisfactions.

In legal contexts, satisfactions are payments or acts that discharge obligations: The court ordered satisfactions of all outstanding debts.

contentment

pleasure

Happy, satisfied feeling

delight · comfort · ease · peace · serenity · well-being · bliss · enjoyment · warmth · coziness

sensory

indulgence

Yielding to desire

pleasure · gusto · relish · savoring · fullness · satiation · treat · luxury · decadence · richness

achievement

accomplishment

Successful completion of aim

triumph · completion · realization · milestone · victory · breakthrough · conquest · feat · goal · fruition

compensation

reparation

Compensation for injury done

settlement · payment · remedy · atonement · indemnity · recompense · damages · repayment · remuneration · apology

Opposites
fulfillment/contentment

satisfactionsdissatisfactions

States of being displeased

frustrations · displeasures · discontents · disappointments · unhappiness

desire fulfillment

satisfactionsdeprivations

States of lacking necessities

frustrations · wants · lacks · longings · cravings

grievance/complaint

satisfactionsgrievances

Felt wrongs or injustices

complaints · objections · protests · gripes · resentments

Phrases
Family

satisfaction, self-satisfaction

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