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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gratification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Etymology
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From Latin grātificātiō either directly or through Middle French gratification, from Latin grātificāre (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + facere (“to make”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
gratification (countable and uncountable, plural gratifications)
- (countable) The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite
- the gratification of the palate
- the gratification of the heart
- (uncountable) A feeling of pleasure; satisfaction
- (countable) A reward; a gratuity.
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Translations
act of gratifying, or pleasing
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that which affords pleasure
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reward; recompense; gratuity
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Further reading
- “gratification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “gratification”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “gratification”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
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Noun
gratification f (plural gratifications)
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