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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Enjoyment  \En*joy"ment\,  n. 
  1.  The  condition  of  enjoying  anything  pleasure  or 
  satisfaction,  as  in  the  possession  or  occupancy  of 
  anything  possession  and  use  as  the  enjoyment  of  an 
  estate. 
 
  2.  That  which  gives  pleasure  or  keen  satisfaction. 
 
  The  hope  of  everlasting  enjoyments.  --Glanvill. 
 
  Syn:  Pleasure;  satisfaction;  gratification;  fruition; 
  happiness;  felicity;  delight. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  enjoyment 
  n  1:  the  pleasure  felt  when  having  a  good  time 
  2:  act  of  receiving  pleasure  from  something  [syn:  {delectation}] 
  3:  the  exercise  of  a  right  to  benefits;  "we  were  given  the  use 
  of  his  boat";  "deprived  of  the  enjoyment  of  civil  rights" 
  [syn:  {use}] 

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