satisfaction Copy link Outline I. Act of satisfying or pleasingII. The state of being satisfied or pleased; pleasure, contentment1. vŏluptas2. expr. by plăceo, 2 (to give satisfaction toIII. Amends • satisfaction: I. Act of satisfying or pleasing: usu. expr. by verb: we are led by nature to the s. of desires, *naturâ ad cupiditates explendas ducimur. (N.B.--Satisfactio means the legal satisfaction of a creditor.) II. The state of being satisfied or pleased; pleasure, contentment: 1. vŏluptas: I have derived the greatest possible s. from your letter, ex tuis literis incredibilem v. cepi, Cic. Fam. 5, 7, init. 2. expr. by plăceo, 2 (to give satisfaction to: with dat.): my house gives me great s., *domus mea valde mihi placet. A still higher degree of s., may be expr. by dēlecto, 1: it gives me intense s., (Hermathena tua) valde me delectat, Cic. Att. 1, 1, extr. III. Amends: atonement for crime: poena: esp. in phrr. poenam solvere, pendere, dare (denoting punishment): Cic. Mil. 31, fin. (p. solvere): Cic. Att. 11, 8, init. (p. pendere): v. punishment: to demand s., poenam or poenas exigere, Ov. M. 14, 478 (de volnere p. exigere): the law by which s. is demanded (by the Fetiales), jus, quo res repetuntur, Liv. 1, 32, med.: cf. Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (nullum bellum esse justum, nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum).