gratification
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin grātificātiō either directly or through Middle French gratification, from Latin grātificō (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + faciō (“to make”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: grat‧i‧fi‧ca‧tion
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]gratification (countable and uncountable, plural gratifications)
- (countable)
- The act of gratifying or pleasing, either the mind, or the appetite or taste.
- Synonym: gladness
- gratification of the heart gratification of the palate
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 295–296:
- I know nothing of Mr. Courtenaye; but I can perceive enough of this affair to see that he is one of those who, for a moment's selfish gratification, or for the yet meaner love of gratified vanity, will excite the deepest feelings, and trifle with the dearest hopes of all who trust them!
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 161:
- Many of the so-called rites of these secret societies were so patently ridiculous, that it is quite obvious that they were merely an excuse for men and women to indulge in sex-play and lustful gratification, frequently of an abnormal kind.
- A gratuity; a reward.
- The act of gratifying or pleasing, either the mind, or the appetite or taste.
- (uncountable) A feeling of pleasure; satisfaction.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Confidence”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 102:
- I will tell you all my faults frankly beforehand. I am very vain, for I cultivate my vanity on a principle, and cannot understand why we should neglect such a source of gratification.
- 1900, Booker T[aliaferro] Washington, “Helping Others”, in Up from Slavery: An Autobiography, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., published 1901, →OCLC, page 66:
- To my gratification he told me I could reënter the institution, and that he would trust me to pay the debt when I could.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]act of gratifying or pleasing
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feeling of pleasure — see also satisfaction
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Further reading
[edit]- “gratification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “gratification”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “gratification”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gratification f (plural gratifications)
Further reading
[edit]- “gratification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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