2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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.
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.
-- {Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ly}, adv -- {Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness},
n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
satisfactory
adj 1: giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his
grades were satisfactory" [ant: {unsatisfactory}]
2: meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat"
[syn: {acceptable}]
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