gratification

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

From Latin gratification, from Latin gratificare (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from gratus (“kind, pleasing”) + facere (“to make”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

gratification (plural gratifications)

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.

Synonyms

• gladness, queemliness

Related terms

• gratify

Translations

act of gratifying, or pleasing

• Finnish: tyydytys (fi), tyydyttäminen (fi); miellyttäminen (fi)

• Norwegian: glede (no), tilfredsstille (no)

that which affords pleasure

• Finnish: mielihalu (fi); mieliteko (fi)

reward; recompense; gratuity

• Finnish: palkinto (fi); hyvitys (fi); lahja (fi)

External links

• 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