[ˌsatɪsˈfakʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- fulfilment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs, or the pleasure derived from this
(e.g: I looked round with satisfaction)

- the payment of a debt or fulfilment of an obligation or claim
(e.g: in full and final satisfaction of the claim)

- Christ's atonement for sin


Phrases:
- to one's satisfaction

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin satisfactio(n-), from satisfacere ‘satisfy, content’ (see satisfy). The earliest recorded use referred to the last part of religious penance after ‘contrition’ and ‘confession’: this involved fulfilment of the observance required by the confessor, in contrast with the current meaning ‘fulfilment of one's own expectations’