grat⋅i⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion
–noun
1. the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
2. something that gratifies; source of pleasure or satisfaction.
3. the act of gratifying.
4. Archaic. a reward, recompense, or gratuity.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary,
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"The gratification comes in the doing,
not in the results."
(James Dean)
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Gratitude—is not the mention
Gratitude—is not the mention
Of a Tenderness,
But its still appreciation
Out of Plumb of Speech.
When the Sea return no Answer
By the Line and Lead
Proves it there's no Sea, or rather
A remoter Bed?
Emily Dickinson