different between satisfaction vs requital

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satisfactio, satisfactionis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæt?s?fæk??n/
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

satisfaction (countable and uncountable, plural satisfactions)

1. A fulfilment of a need or desire.

2. The pleasure obtained by such fulfillment.
   • November 4, 1860, Henry David Thoreau, letter to Mr. D. R.

     This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.

   • Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.

3. The source of such gratification.
4. A reparation for an injury or loss.
5. A vindication for a wrong suffered.

Translations

Derived terms

• satisfaction note
• satisfaction piece
• satisfaction theory of atonement

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satisfactio, satisfactionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.tis.fak.sj??/

Noun

satisfaction f (uncountable)

1. satisfaction
2. fulfilment
3. pleasure

Synonyms

• (fulfilment): assouvissement
• (pleasure): plaisir

Further reading

• “satisfaction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English requite, 1570-1580.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?t?l

Noun

requital (countable and uncountable, plural requitals)

1. Compensation for loss or damage; amends.
2. Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
3. Repayment, reward, recompense, return in kind.
   • 2009, Dietrich Von Hildebrand, The Nature of Love, p. 233:

     But we are thinking here above all of the happiness that comes with the requital of love, of the case in which my love is returned with an equal love.

   • mid-1590s, William Shakespeare, King John, Act II, sc. 1:

     O, take his mother's thanks, a widow's thanks,

     Till your strong hand shall help to give him strength

     To make a more requital to your love.

   • 1599, Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's Holiday, Act I, sc. 1:

     My lord mayor, you have sundry times

     Feasted myself and many courtiers more:

     Seldom or never can we be so kind

     To make requital of your courtesy.

   • 1791, James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (quoting Johnson):

     In requittal [sic] of those well-intended offices, which you are pleased so emphatically to acknowledge, let me beg that you make in your devotions one petition for my eternal welfare.

Translations

Anagrams

• quartile