An instance of being satisfied or a source of gratification, The act of satisfying, or of fully supplying or gratifying wants or wishes; full compliance with demands; fulfilment of conditions, Extinguishment of an obligation or claim by payment, or by surrender or concession of something accepted as equivalent to payment; quittance

One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good, A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy, the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled, verb_ be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes, intend with some possibility of fulfilment, transitive verb_ To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of, obsolete To expect; to fear, intransitive verb_ To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for, To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in

To afford a basis for expecting, To make a declaration assuring that something will or will not be done, To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil, transitive verb_ To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage, To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow, To be assured; to have strong confidence, verb_ make a promise or commitment, promise to undertake or give, give grounds for expectations, noun_ a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future, An oath or affirmation; a vow, That which is promised; fulfilment or grant of what is promised, adjective_ In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act, That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction, Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised