Satisfactoriness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Satisfactory \Sat`is*fac"to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. satisfactoire.]
     1. Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content;
        especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty,
        and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a
        satisfactory account or explanation.
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     2. Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to
        cease from claims and to rest content; compensating;
        atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a
        satisfactory apology.
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              A most wise and sufficient means of redemption and
              salvation, by the satisfactory and meritorious death
              and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus
              Christ.                               --Bp.
                                                    Sanderson.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ly}, adv. --
        {Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  satisfactoriness
       n : the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a
           demand or requirement [ant: {unsatisfactoriness}]