- an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- the state of being satisfied; contentment.
- the cause or means of being satisfied.
- confident acceptance of something as satisfactory, dependable, true, etc.
- reparation or compensation, as for a wrong or injury.
- the opportunity to redress or right a wrong, as by a duel.
- payment or discharge, as of a debt or obligation.
- Ecclesiastical.
- an act of doing penance or making reparation for venial sin.
- the penance or reparation made.
- the act of satisfying or state of being satisfied
- the fulfilment of a desire
- the pleasure obtained from such fulfilment
- a source of fulfilment
- reparation or compensation for a wrong done or received
- the performance by a repentant sinner of a penance
- the atonement for sin by the death of Christ
