gratification
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From Latin gratification < Latin gratificare (“‘to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify’”) < gratus (“‘kind, pleasing’”) + facere (“‘to make’”).
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
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gratification (plural gratifications)
- 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.
- That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.
- A reward; a recompense; a gratuity.
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- gratification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- gratification in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- gratification at OneLook® Dictionary Search
