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The act or an instance of gratifying or satisfying
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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. ...
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Gratification is the pleasurable emotional reaction of happiness in response to a fulfillment of a desire or goal. Gratification, like all emotions, is a motivator of behavior and thus plays a role in the entire range of human social systems .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gratification \Grat"i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. gratificatio: cf. F. gratification.] 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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. state of being gratified; great satisfaction; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time" [syn: satisfaction ] the act or an instance of satisfying
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from Middle French gratification or directly from Latin gratificationem (nominative gratificatio ) "obligingness, complaisance," noun of action from past participle stem of gratificari (see gratify ).
Usage examples of gratification.
Guardian has learned with deep gratification of the news of the teaching work carried on by the Auckland believers.
It gave Farouk intense gratification to bring the self-secure cocksucker to his knees time after time.
It therefore acts in order to gratify itself and, in so doing, it denies and suppresses its means of gratification.
The Under-Secretary of State for War:-- Sir,--With reference to the several reports which have been received from the General Officer Commanding in Canada relative to the Fenian movement in that Province, and to the measures taken by the colonists for repelling any Fenian attack, I am directed by the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief to request that you will acquaint the Secretary of State for War that His Royal Highness, having observed the alacrity, loyalty and zeal shown by the volunteers and militia forces of Canada in having come forward for the defence of the colony on the late trying occasion, in support of the troops, is very desirous of expressing to the force his full appreciation of their gallant and energetic behavior, and the very great gratification and satisfaction he has thereby experienced.
In the next seven years the life of Glastonbury was nearly equally divided between the duties of his sacred profession and the gratification of his simple and elegant tastes.
He had not been long a guest at Armine before Sir Ratcliffe and his lady could not refrain from mutually communicating to each other the gratification they should feel could Glastonbury be induced to cast his lot among them.
A fetishist has been classically defined as a person who derives sexual gratification from a nonsexual part of the body or an inanimate object.
Late-nineteenth-century sexual theorists appropriated the concept of religious fetishism to describe the condition in which a person achieves sexual gratification from an inanimate object or a nonsexual body part rather than from another person.
On receipt of this letter I lost no time in laying it before the President of the United States, who expressed great gratification at hearing such sentiments from you, one of the most influential and honored of the Southern governors, and he desires me to say that he fully shares your anxiety for the restoration of peace between the States and for a reunion of all the States on the basis of the abolition of slavery--the bone we are fighting over--and the full reinstatement of every Confederate citizen in all the rights of citizenship in our common country.
The desire is implanted in the very soul itself and the agony of earthbound spirits, whose cravings for gratification are in vain, is beyond description.
She was stroked and caressed, his lips running over the painful weals and tramlines until all her pain was swept away by a rising tide of arousal that left no place for anything but feelings of sexual gratification.
Success produces Love of Flattery: his daily Gratification - His Merits and Acts of Kindness - His proper Choice of Almsmen - In this respect meritorious - His Predecessor not so cautious.
I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends, and local anecdotes of goblins and great men, and would advise all travellers who travel for their gratification to be the same.
Disgusted at the manner in which that man had attempted to get hold of me, I no longer felt any inclination to try my fortune with his mistress, for it seemed evident that they were conspiring together to make a dupe of me, and as I had no wish to afford them that gratification I avoided them in the evening.
I was not astonished at it, because she felt a greater need of peace for her conscience than of gratification for her senses.