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What does gratification mean?

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Noun
  1. (countable) The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite
  2. (uncountable) A feeling of pleasure; satisfaction
  3. (countable) A reward; a gratuity.
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The animal-impulse of Miniature Golf rivalry can end in the victorious wallow of gratification or the blaze-of-glory, club-throwing tanty.
Atrocities are happening all over the world due to the self-righteous, self-seeking gratification of particular groups.
It fell to my lot, much to my gratification, to be assigned to the Plumas Forest in California.
In addition, you don't want children who are so concerned with delaying gratification that they wind up as misers.
This time last year I was living a life centred on myself, on things that would give me instant gratification and were sensually pleasurable.
Conditioned to expect immediate gratification, these youth have shorter attention spans and also a low threshold for boredom.

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