as in compensations
payment to another for a loss or injury
he's demanding satisfaction from his neighbor for running over his prize tulips
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Recent Examples of satisfactions
Working for his hometown has its satisfactions After living all over the world for 25 years in the foreign service, Marc Shaw, 51, was ready to come home to Kansas City, Missouri.
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Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Niazi doesn’t discuss the frustrations or satisfactions of this process.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Accordingly, its satisfactions come from seeing those demands met.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026
Few satisfactions are more uniquely human than the slow extraction of new understanding, illuminated through the steady attention of your mind’s eye.
—Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025
Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Niazi doesn’t discuss the frustrations or satisfactions of this process.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Accordingly, its satisfactions come from seeing those demands met.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026
Few satisfactions are more uniquely human than the slow extraction of new understanding, illuminated through the steady attention of your mind’s eye.
—Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satisfactions
Noun
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Guy Ritchie is a filmmaker and series creator whose prodigious busyness in terms of both workload and story approach has its compensations.—
Michael Phillips,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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The inconvenience of that military presence has brought certain compensations from the government, such as a strikingly modern, geometric contemporary art museum (Nagi MOCA) that draws visitors not put off by the arduous journey required to get there.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Still, the agreement had left the door open for the Gossip Girl alum to seek damages and legal fees—though that option appears to be unavailable for the time being.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
13 May 2026
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While Capital One's lawsuit seeks damages, the bank said its primary goal of the litigation is to expose and deter bad actors and the firms that enable them.—
Stephanie Dhue,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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Venezuela is demanding information and reparations under international environmental law from its Caribbean neighbor, one of the region’s largest oil and gas producers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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The victims are asking the court to order comprehensive reparations, medical and psychological treatment, guarantees against future abuses and the permanent closure of El Helicoide.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
11 May 2026
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“Satisfactions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satisfactions. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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