satisfactionn.
/ˌsatᵻsˈfakʃn/, U.S. /ˌsædəsˈfækʃən/ I. With reference to obligation or debt.
1. Christian Church. The performance by a penitent of expiatory and meritorious acts as atonement or punishment for sin; such acts, or such an act, as one of the parts of the sacrament of penance (penance n. 3b). Often in to make (also †do) satisfaction, †in satisfaction of. Cf. deedbote n.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun]
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amendmentc1325
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redemptiona1400
curation?c1400
amends making?a1425
mends-makinga1425
recompensec1425
expiation1482
agreement1526
contentation1535
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atonement1611
piation1623
atone1868
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > atonement > [noun]
boot971
satisfaction1340
reconciliationc1390
atonement1526
contentation1535
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [noun] > performance of
satisfaction1340
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 32 Nele arere þet heued to gode be zorȝe ne grede harou be ssrifte ne arere þe honden be satisfacioun (dedbote).
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 49 (MED) ‘But what may be ȝoure remedie and clensynge of þis synne?’..‘Penaunce..and satisfaccioun [L. satisfactio], by ordynance of oure elder fader.’
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 29121 Generali nu haf i tald Þe pointes þat ar for to hald Til ilk sinful þat es bun For to do satisfacciun.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 189 Satysfaccyoun is to fulfylle þi penaunce enioyned of þe preest, & to pay þi dettys to qwyke & dede & to holy cherche, & to restore þat þou hast falsely gett, to makyn amendys for þi wrongys & þe harmys þat þou hast don, & no more to turne aȝen to þi synne.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxviii. §118. 428 Thai will syn and will noght make satisfaccioun til god.
1547 A. Cope Godly Meditacion sig. N.iii In death through thy mercye takyng theyr hertie penytence in satisfaction of theyr offences.
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 16/2 The Papistes holde, that we must get Paradise by our desartes, and what wanteth we must supplie by our satisfactions.
1622 Treat. Auricular Confession xiii. 192 It was ordained, that such as had vowed themselues to God, and marryed after their vowe, must do satisfaction to God..by doinge reasonable penance for that sinne.
1655 R. Baxter Confession of Faith viii. 163 Every Believer is totally unpardoned..till he have confessed it to the Priest, and made satisfaction, and received Absolution.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. II. i. vi. i. 217 He [sc. Melancthon] does not believe that Confession and Satisfaction are necessary.
1828 W. Richmond tr. J. F. M. Trévern Amicable Discuss. Church of Eng. II. xiii. 204 According to the council of Trent, satisfaction is part of the matter of the sacrament of penance.
1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) at Penance (4) The penitential discipline of the early Church witnesses to the belief that satisfaction by penitential works is necessary in itself, and is required as a part of the sacrament of penance.
1966 Mod. Lang. Rev. 61 9 His tears are offered in true contrition as an effective satisfaction, the third act of the penitent.
2007 Catholic Hist. Rev. 93 924 Was a sinner's contrition sufficient for the sacrament and were confession and satisfaction unnecessary?
2. † b. As a count noun. An act of compensation or amends; an amount paid in compensation; a penalty. Obsolete.
a. The payment in full of a debt, or the fulfilment of an obligation or claim; the action or fact of making reparation, paying compensation, or undergoing punishment in restitution for an injury or offence (also with for (rarely †of), specifying the injury or offence). Also: the means by which such payment or restitution is made. Frequently in to make (also †do) satisfaction, in satisfaction (of), to receive satisfaction. Now chiefly Law.
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society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [noun]
satisfaction1398
acquittance?a1400
amortizement1439
financec1460
discharge1534
clearing1579
settlement1729
discharging1735
settling1761
liquidation1786
extinguishment1796
amortization1810
service1817
amortizing1840
extinction1845
clearance1858
pay-off1864
admortization1903
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun]
yield601
angildeOE
maegboteOE
allowancea1325
finea1400
boota1450
reparationa1460
contentation1467
disdomage1502
contention1516
regard1568
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atonement-money1611
satisfaction1621
satisfaction money1651
content1689
compensation1804
smart money1817
hoot1820
indemnization1836
compo1941
MCA1973
society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [noun] > that which is paid
satisfaction1621
satisfaction money1651
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun] > means of > money, gift, act, etc.
atonement-money1611
satisfaction1621
1398–9 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 489 Qvhillez..hale gre satisfactioun and payment to the forsaidez religiouse..be..made.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 5 ‘My successor schalle iugge and do to the satisfaccion.’ The wedowe seide, ‘What schalle that profite the and if thy successour do satisfaccion for me’.
a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 431 That the seid Chamberleyns shuld in recompense & satisfaccion of their seid disobeysaunce..bryng [etc.].
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 78 Angers me full euyll your angard desyre When ye couet..Satisfaction to be sent fro my selfe euyn Syn ye are cause of þis care.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 207 If by direct, or by colaturall hand They find vs toucht, we will our kingdome giue,..and all that we call ours To you in satisfaction . View more context for this quotation
1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 86 Fyne, 10,000 marks;..publique satisfaccion of his faulte by submission and acknowledgement thereof.
1683 Britanniæ Speculum 46 He..himself escaped Shipwrack, and received Satisfaction for his Losses out of the publick Treasury.
1733 Clerk's Eng. Tutor II. 316 Satisfaction acknowledged by T.J. upon a Judgment obtained by him the said T.J. against W.W. for three hundred Pounds Debt.
1785 W. Brown Rep. High Court Chancery 1 64 The question is, whether Butler could not give any bounty to his son but what would go in satisfaction.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 215 A devise of an annuity to the wife..has been held not to be in satisfaction of dower.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) ix. 77 He had a savage pleasure in making the poor wretches [sc. his creditors] wait, and in shifting from court to court and from term to term the period of satisfaction.
1937 Eng. Hist. Rev. 52 641 Creditors of the government who received satisfaction for their debts from the lands of the Crown or the Church.
1969 J. R. Brackett Negro in Maryland ii. 12 A certain tribe, which had refused to make satisfaction for sundry insolences and rapines.
2017 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 84 112 A corporation whose shares are seized in satisfaction of a claim involving the corporation.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun] > payment of
satisfactionc1450
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 281 (MED) He..made hur to hafe a due satisfaccion for hur hurte.
1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory iii. xiii. sig. h2 Payment or redelyuere of the goodes is a satisfaccyon.
1598 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) f. 15v The seconde degree is to pardon our enemies, though they persist and without satisffactions and submissions.
1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. I4 Grissils, two babes are dead, and kild by scorne, But that faire issue that shall now be borne Shall make a satisfaction of all wrongs.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης ii. 21 We may well perceave to what easie satisfactions and purgations he had inur'd his secret conscience.
1724 W. Nelson Lex Testamentaria (ed. 2) 410 The Master of the Rolls decreed, this Legacy should be a Satisfaction of both these Debts.
1785 W. Brown Rep. High Court Chancery 1 64 To be a satisfaction it must be a present not a distant provision.
1815 W. P. Taunton Rep. Court Common Pleas 4 710 They had paid a satisfaction to certain land owners for the damage done to the land.
1872 Naut. Mag. July 632 To whom must the English shipowner look for a satisfaction of his claim?
1915 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 30 3379 The payment of the fine by one of the persons so named shall be a satisfaction of the penalty.
3. Theology. The atonement made by Christ for the sins of humankind, according to the view that Christ's sufferings and sacrifice are an equivalent of the penalty due for these sins. Formerly also: †Christ himself as the being who effected this atonement (obsolete).
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > atonement of
mediation?a1425
satisfactiona1425
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > as sacrifice or victim
blood of Christc1384
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crucifix14..
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sacrifice-offerera1560
Man of Sorrows1577
host1653
victim1736
a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 282 And so, siþ Crist is God and man, satisfaccioun for þis synne þat he made þus freli is better þan oþer þat man or angel myȝt make.
c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 342 (MED) A manne miht..so deuowtlye drawe to him of his [sc. Christ's] meryte and satisfaccione, þat, þowh he scholde after his desert be punichede..a thowsande ȝer, be vertue þere-of he scholde sone be delyuerede.
1542 T. Becon Potacion for Lent sig. E.vij Christ alone is the omnisufficient satysfaccion for all oure synnes vnto God the father.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Repentance i. 276 b For he alone dyd with the sacrifice of his body and blod make satisfaction vnto the Iustice of god for our sinnes.
1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 158 Which cooperates and concurres with the aduocation and satisfaction of Iesus.
1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne 314 There is a propitiatory satisfaction, which is Christ Jesus, for our sins and the sins of the whole world.
1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. v. 81 And some Writers for the Trinity and Satisfaction of Christ have exposed themselves and the sacred Doctrine by their feeble and foolish manner of handling it.
1817 Lancaster Gaz. 7 June May they..pass at length into life eternal, through the merits and satisfaction of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord... Amen.
1872 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Leviticus v. 74 In satisfaction..the penitent sinner who relies on his good offices is justified or accepted and treated as righteous.
1923 Jrnl. Relig. 3 214 The gospel of God's free grace and the vicarious satisfaction rendered for sinners by Christ are the great ruling principles of Luther's justifying faith.
1976 V. Green tr. W. Kasper Jesus the Christ (1977) 220 Only one person can produce the satisfaction which restores the order of the universe..: someone who is both God and man.
2018 P. Steinkerchner & P. Hunt Pictures of World v. 129 Jesus can offer satisfaction to God by allowing himself to be killed for the sake of following God's will.
4. The opportunity to defend one's honour in a duel; the acceptance of a challenge to a duel from a person who feels insulted or injured. Chiefly in to give (also demand) satisfaction. Now historical or in extended use.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun] > opportunity of satisfaction by a duel
satisfaction1602
1602 Earl of Northumberland Declar. 24 Apr. (P.R.O.: SP 12/284) f. 70 Seeke not by frivolus shiftes to diverte this course of satisfaccion.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. i. 14 I gaue him satisfaction? would he had bin one of my Ranke. View more context for this quotation
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 190 The English Gentleman, with mature deliberation, disputeth how farre his honour is ingaged, by the injury offered, and judiciously determineth his manner of satisfaction, according to the quality of the offence.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 191 He was ready to give him Satisfaction.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 60 If he thinks himself injured, he knows where to come for satisfaction.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) When an officer or other person goes out to fight with one whom he has offended, or by whom he has been offended, he is said to give or take satisfaction.—Hence to demand satisfaction is tantamount to challenge, &c.—To call to account.
1843 E. Miall in Nonconformist 3 489 The satisfaction consists in giving to the offender a chance of becoming either a murderer or murdered.
1952 Urbanna (Virginia) Southside Sentinel 24 Apr. The Englishman..knocked the Frenchman down and later refused him satisfaction in a duel.
1999 C. Brookmyre One Fine Day in Middle of Night (2000) 49 Paul Duff stuck the heid on Ally McQuade, having demanded satisfaction over a matter of honour (slagging his Clark's Commandoes once too often).
2008 R. I. Girardi in B. S. Allardice & L. L. Hewitt Kentuckians in Gray 124 The wronged Duke demanded satisfaction.
II. With reference to feelings or needs.
5.
a. The action of gratifying an expectation, desire, or need, or of pleasing or contenting a person by doing so; the fact of having been gratified or having had one's desire fulfilled in this way. Often in to the satisfaction of, to give satisfaction.Quot. a1382 is a literalism of translation from the Vulgate, and the translator may have attached no definite meaning to it. MS Corpus Cambr. 147 (a1450) adds the gloss ‘or a covenable ansuere’.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > satisfying of a desire
satisfactiona1382
repletion?a1425
saturation?1530
satiety1548
suffisance1548
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun] > satisfaction
saulee1377
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satiety1548
expletion1717
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. x. 20 Þe which þyng whan Moises hadde herd, he reseyuede satisfaccioun [L. recepit satisfactionem; the Hebrew original literally has ‘and Moses heard, and it was good in his eyes’].
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 297 (MED) Hem seemeth it is riȝt needful for to satisfye þe peple..þei goon booldly to masse as for a remedy to satisfaccioun of þe peple, not for to consecrate but for to seye masse for to ouerpasse at consecracioun þe wordis of consecracioun.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 97 Though nature hath gyven to man..natural inclynatyon to hys increse, yet bycause man ys only borne to cyvylyte, & polytyke rule, therfore he may not, wythout ordur or respecte study to the satysfactyon of thys natural affecte.
1582 Annot. (1 Pet. iii. 19) in Bible (Rheims) 661 S. Augustine..confesseth this place to..haue many difficulties which he could neuer explicate to his owne satisfaction.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 265 If for this night he intreat you to his bed, giue him promise of satisfaction . View more context for this quotation
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar §1. 14 When the Blessed Virgin was so ascertained, that she should be a Mother and a Maid,..then all her hopes and all her desires received such satisfaction, as filled all the corners of her heart.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iv. §1 For the satisfaction of our curiosity as to the true Origine of Nations.
1723 S. Scattergood 52 Serm. x. 158 What a Madness then are they guilty of, who..forfeit Heaven for the Satisfaction of but one predominant Lust?
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlix. 182 The profound respect I bear to the gracious Prince, who governs this country with no less honour to himself than satisfaction to his subjects.
1806 Times 8 Feb. 4/3 Lord Sidmouth's acceptance of the Privy Seal, which has given such general satisfaction.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiii. 168 My guide..did his duty entirely to my satisfaction.
1937 Amer. Home Apr. 115/3 (advt.) To decorate with Old Colony Maple is an adventure in satisfaction. For, Old Colony is good maple... honestly built... and beautifully finished.
1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture i. 27 I saw her now looking up trying to catch my eye. I just wouldn't give her the satisfaction of acknowledging her attention.
2012 E. Hay Covenanters in Canada xiv. 215 The matter could not be resolved to the satisfaction of the differing parties.
b. The state or quality of feeling satisfied or contented; (in later use chiefly) gratification, pleasure, or contentment caused by a fact, event, or state of things. Also with prepositional phrase (introduced by at, from, †of, with, etc.) or other complement indicating the cause.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun]
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queemnesseOE
mirtheOE
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winOE
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enjoyment1665
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musica1674
pleasantry1740
barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun]
queemnesseOE
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suffisancec1374
pleasingc1400
complacencec1436
resting?a1475
satisfaction1477
happinessa1500
thankfulness1500
contention1516
contentationa1533
contenting1541
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content1578
contentedness1581
appeasement1586
contentment1597
heart's content1600
acquiescence1612
pleasedness1626
well-apaidness1633
well-pleasedness1633
complacency1643
acquiescency1646
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > stimulus-response > need as motivation > [noun] > fulfilment
satisfaction1477
satiety1888
satiation1935
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 4 The grettest richesse is satisfacion [Fr. satisfacion] of the herte.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. v. f. 23 I shall reioyce..to see you so coupled, as may be fitte, both for your honor, and satisfaction.
1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. iv. 27 Who..did trauell towards his village, with very great satisfaction of himselfe.
a1627 J. Beaumont Miserable State Man in Bosworth-field (1629) 85 His whole felicity is endlesse strife, No peace, no satisfaction, crownes his life.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 103 I had not very great satisfaction of the whole Family.
1711 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 24 Mar. (1965) I. 95 Nothing touches me with Satisfaction but what touches my Heart.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvii. ix. 164 Jones expressed the utmost Satisfaction at the Account. View more context for this quotation
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xix. 151 Sapor..expressed his satisfaction that his brother, Constantius Cæsar, had been taught wisdom by adversity.
1834 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. I. vi. 88 Is it not the way of men to dwell with satisfaction on their good deeds, particularly, when for some reason or other, their conscience smites them?
1879 J. Grey His Island Home iii. 32/1 They appear to derive intense satisfaction from the knocking down process.
1937 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 68 386 The acceptance of the rent implied satisfaction with the transaction.
1978 H. E. L. Andrew Batsford Encycl. Crafts 221/1 Sea-worn pebbles are a source of great satisfaction to handle.
2002 W. Rhode Paperback Raita (2003) 388 I felt some satisfaction that my help had made the difference.
c. As a count noun. An instance of gratification or contentment brought about by an event, fact, or circumstance; a source of such gratification or contentment. Frequently with preceding modifying word.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > instance of satisfaction
satisfaction1606
1606 M. Sutcliffe Abridgement or Suruey Poperie xxxii. 215 This was a great satisfaction to the Papists present.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Prophetesse ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dddd4/1 Hate to vow'd enemies findes a full satisfaction in death.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables lxviii. 68 A Freedom,..not to be Parted with for All the Sensual Satisfactions under the Sun.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 131 I cannot express what a Satisfaction it was to me, to come into my old Hutch.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 2 Human curiosity..gives higher satisfactions than what even the senses can afford.
1869 J. D. Baldwin Pre-Hist. Nations (1877) ii. 26 It has undoubtedly furnished many satisfactions to those whose calling did not afford a more profitable occupation.
1883 H. Spencer in Contemp. Rev. 43 8 The savage thinks only of present satisfactions, and leaves future satisfactions uncared for.
1914 E. Brittain Let. 25 Mar. in V. Brittain et al. Lett. Lost Generation (2012) 13 It will also be a great satisfaction to feel that you have succeeded in earning something.
1951 J. M. Fraser Psychol. xiv. 161 Another group of satisfactions can be drawn, not perhaps from the work itself, but from the surroundings in which it is carried out.
2014 Credit Union Managem. Dec. 11/1 These 30 years of our personal and professional friendship have been and continue to be a deep satisfaction to me.
6. † a. Solution, answer, esp. to a difficulty. Obsolete.† c. Convincing proof; an instance of this. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [noun]
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problem-solving1854
a1569 M. Coverdale Fruitful Lessons (1593) sig. Mm2 But this satisfaction concerning drunkennes,..is made with all meeknes, and yet with sinceritie and stedfastnes, not lordly, or braggingly, although he [sc. Peter] was highly endewed with the holy Ghost.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. iv. 103 But seeing they [sc. commentators] professe their calling to be a satisfaction of difficulties, it is in them an unexcusable lazinesse.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues ii. xix. 290 I am quite at a loss for satisfaction touching the weightiest Difficulty I have yet propounded.
1732 J. Hutchinson Treat. Power 304 Probably it was to give some sort of Satisfaction to this Difficulty, that solid Orbs were introduced.
b. Removal of doubt or uncertainty; conviction; (also) information that answers a person's demands or needs (now rare). Often in to (a person's) satisfaction.In quot. a1616 in in heavy satisfaction: in sorrowful acceptance of the truth.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun] > removal of doubt
satisfaction1582
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [noun] > state of being convinced
persuasion1534
satisfaction1582
convictment1593
persuadedness1659
self-conviction1673
implicitness1679
conviction1699
unsuspicion1792
unsuspiciousness1809
convincement1825
unsuspectfulness1852
unquestioningness1876
convincedness1882
unsuspectingness1883
1582 W. Allen Briefe Hist. Glorious Martyrdom sig. Cij You must come with me to one M. Andrewes my L. Cobhams Deputie who lieth at the starre in new fish streat, and giue him satisfaction in the matter.
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. B5 What thinkst thou man, shal come of our attemptes. For euen as from assurd oracle, I take thy doome for satisfaction.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 270 Because these things are somewhat obscure, we referre you for further satisfaction to the Controuersies next ensuing.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 101 But when I..inform'd her fully, I could not answer in that course of Honour As she had made the ouerture, she ceast In heauie satisfaction, and would neuer Receiue the Ring againe. View more context for this quotation
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. x. §10. 359 Thus abundantly to the satisfaction of the minds of all good men hath God given the highest rational evidence of the truth of the doctrine which he hath revealed to the world.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 46 Prove it to my Satisfaction.
1792 T. Jefferson Let. 9 Sept. in Papers (1990) XXIV. 354 The few letters I wrote on the subject..will be a proof: and for my own satisfaction and justification, I must tax you with the reading of them.
1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) xi. 128 I made my retreat, and was obliged to wait till the afternoon for further satisfaction.
1862 W. Bagehot Lit. Stud. (1878) II. 404 An offence not proved to the ‘satisfaction of the Court’ escapes the judgement of the Court.
1959 M. Spark Memento Mori (1961) 67 If they proved it to my satisfaction I should no longer be in doubt.
2017 Grimsby Tel. (Nexis) 20 Jan. 4 We were able to prove, to the jury's satisfaction.., that Poppy was sedated with illegal drugs.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > conclusive proof or argument
proving?c1225
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ergo1590
apodixis1646
ergotism1656
clinker1733
clincher1804
clencher1878
1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester Pref. 4 He seemed alwaies to giue ful satisfaction in this point to vs that were of contrarie opinion.
1601 Ld. Mountjoy Let. in F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 123 Hereafter I doubt not but to give you satisfaction that I am not worthy of this wrong.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vii. 26 In naturall Philosophy..it carryeth but slender consideration, for that also proceeding from setled principles, therein is expected a satisfaction from scientificall progressions, and such as beget, a sure and rationall beleefe. View more context for this quotation
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 249 I have had very good Satisfaction, that it was utterly false.
1743 Proc. King’s Comm. Peace (City of London & County of Middlesex) 308/2 The Jury must have Satisfaction, that the Wound was the Occasion of his Death.
Phrases
P1. Theology. doctrine of satisfaction: the doctrine that Christ's sufferings and sacrifice atoned for the sins of humankind by being an equivalent of the penalty due for these sins; cf. sense 3.
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?1541 M. Coverdale Confut. Standish sig. fij To what poynt now haue ye brought your former doctryne of satisfaction? Verely euen to this poynt that Christ hath taken awaye their sorowes and paynes.
1696 Stillingfleet (title) A Discourse concerning the Doctrine of Christ's Satisfaction.
1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. ii. viii. 268 This doctrine of satisfaction for sin by the death of Christ.
1858 J. C. MacDonnell Doctr. of Atonement 240 The Scholastic and Tridentine doctrine of satisfaction might explain how Christ satisfied the requirements of the Divine law.
1982 M. A. Bouchard tr. J. Galot Jesus our Liberator ix. 233 A theology of Redemption cannot be identified purely and simply with a doctrine of satisfaction.
2011 N. Vorster Created in Image of God Pref. p. xi Questions directed at the Reformed doctrine of satisfaction are the following: Can the guilt of one person be imputed to another person [etc.]?
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1602 tr. J. Teixeira True Hist. Don Sebastian sig. B3v To make himselfe satisfaction for the wrong he was offred, hee determined to kill the Gouernour.
1615 Bp. J. Hall No Peace with Rome x, in Recoll. Treat. 863 God punishes vs indeed... Not that he may giue himselfe satisfaction of vs (for how can it be so pleasing to him that it should bee ill with vs?) but that he may conforme vs to himselfe, that he may amend vs.
1684 J. Dryden tr. L. Maimbourg Hist. League 163 Who dar'd not to arrest any of them singly, the two remaining being at liberty, and in condition to give themselves satisfaction on the Aggressours.
1710 B. Kennett tr. S. von Pufendorf Law of Nature & Nations (ed. 2) viii. vii. 699/1 He ought to be careful, how he agrees to any such without manifest Necessity, unless he is in a Capacity, upon any foul Play, to give himself Satisfaction.
P3. Law.
a. to enter (up) satisfaction: to place on an official record a statement that a mortgage, or the penalty arising from a judgment, has been paid.
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1658 W. Style Narrationes Modernæ 451 You shew no cause why we should affirm the judgement, and therefore we will make no rule in it, but enter satisfaction upon the Roll if you will at your own peril.
1740 C. Leslie New Hist. Jamaica vii. 200 The Mortgagee having received the Money lent, shall, at the request of the Mortgager, enter Satisfaction on the Margin of the Mortgage recorded in the Office of Inrolments.
1782 J. Impey New Instructor Clericalis 378 If satisfaction is made of a judgment, a warrant of attorney should be given to the attorney by the plaintiff..to enter up satisfaction on record.
1828 J. F. Archbold Coll. Forms & Entries (ed. 2) 276 Whereas I, the said John Nokes, have received satisfaction for the same [damages and costs]: These are therefore to desire and authorize you..to acknowledge and enter satisfaction upon the record of the said judgment.
1937 Times 9 Apr. 4/7 Adj[ourne]d motion to enter satisfaction.
1996 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 10 Dec. c8/1 The Recorder of Deeds of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, be directed to enter satisfaction of said mortgage on the records of said mortgage.
b. entry of satisfaction: an entry in an official record stating that a mortgage, or the penalty arising from a judgment, has been paid.
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a1691 P. Ventris Rep. (1696) ii. 335 A Fine,..or the Entry of Satisfaction acknowledged thereupon.
1782 J. Impey New Instructor Clericalis 378 Entry of Satisfaction. If satisfaction is made of a judgment, a warrant of attorney should be given to the attorney by the plaintiff..to enter up satisfaction on record.
1836 Huron (Ohio) Advertiser 19 Apr. 1/6 The recorder of deeds of each county when hereafter recording a mortgage, shall leave space on the margin of each record for the entry of satisfaction.
1903 Southwestern Reporter 73 290 On March 6, 1901, respondent filed a motion to set aside such entry of satisfaction.
2017 Financial Law Reporter (Nexis) 19 Oct. The court may..make an order directing entry of satisfaction of the judgment to be made.
Compounds
satisfaction money n. now rare money paid to fulfil an obligation or atone for a wrongdoing.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun]
yield601
angildeOE
maegboteOE
allowancea1325
finea1400
boota1450
reparationa1460
contentation1467
disdomage1502
contention1516
regard1568
contentment1603
atonement-money1611
satisfaction1621
satisfaction money1651
content1689
compensation1804
smart money1817
hoot1820
indemnization1836
compo1941
MCA1973
society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [noun] > that which is paid
satisfaction1621
satisfaction money1651
1651 Mercurius Politicus 12-19 June 869 The States have propounded a means to pay the Spaniards the Satisfaction money.
1813 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 24 Apr. A seizing officer..has been ordered to relinquish this prey without any satisfaction money.
1868 S. Wilberforce in R. G. Wilberforce Life S. Wilberforce (1882) III. x. 280 That the satisfaction-money for vested rights should be in a common fund.
1975 Cahiers d'Études Africaines 15 67 The ‘satisfaction money’ (ayefare) normally paid to the aggrieved husband by his wife's seducer was to be increased from £3 12s to £12.
satisfaction note n. Insurance a formal written acknowledgement that a person claiming back costs for repairs to a motor vehicle from an insurance company is satisfied with the repairs.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance policy > clause, document, or part of policy
slip1816
suicide clause1826
suing and labouring clause1864
pink slip1901
cover letter1906
cover note1919
green card1955
satisfaction note1971
1971 Reader's Digest Family Guide Law 533/1 When repairs [to a car] are finished, the policy-holder is usually asked to sign a satisfaction note... Before signing, inspect the vehicle carefully and, if possible, take it for a test drive.
1998 V. Wallis Which? Guide to Insurance ii. 40 When you get the cheque, you may be asked to sign a dated ‘discharge receipt’ or ‘satisfaction note’.
2011 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 1 May c6/1 The estimated 10 working days to fix the vehicle turned out to be three months... I signed the satisfaction note under protest.
satisfaction piece n. Law a formal acknowledgement that a mortgage, or the penalty arising from a judgment, has been paid, thus authorize the entry of such payment on an official record (cf. entry of satisfaction at Phrases 3b).
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1733 Clerk's Eng. Tutor II. 316 This Satisfaction Piece must be left by an Attorney upon Record, with Mr. Hawley the Signer of the Writs, to whom you pay three Shillings.
1887 48th Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. 628 The Satisfaction Pieces of the Court of Common Pleas do not differ in any essential feature from those of the Court of Queen's Bench.
1941 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 8 610 The beginner will not find a model satisfaction piece, or appearance form.
2017 Suburban (Chicago) Daily Herald 27 May (section 4) 2/4 It [sc. a mortgage] was never filed in the first place, so there was no need to enter a satisfaction piece showing it'd been paid off.
satisfaction theory n. Theology the theory that Christ's sufferings and sacrifice atoned for the sins of humankind by being an equivalent of the penalty due for these sins; cf. doctrine of satisfaction at Phrases 1.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > atonement > doctrines of atonement > [noun]
substitution1669
satisfaction theory?c1845
Grotianism1920
?c1845 Thoughts Satisfaction Theory of Atonem. 3 If the satisfaction theory be true, I can only express my regret that the Evangelists and Apostles were not acquainted with the beautiful traditionary dialect of orthodox theologians.
1969 Dict. Christian Theol. 23/1 Anselm..in his work Cur Deus Homo?,..interpreted the doctrine [of atonement] in terms of the ‘satisfaction’ or ‘juridical’ theory.
2016 V. I. Ezigbo Introducing Christian Theol. II. ii. 88 The satisfaction theory has been criticized by some theologians for presenting God as an unforgiving being.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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