English → Latin
“satisfaction” in Latin
satisfactiōthe giving of security or bail; satisfaction (for an offence); reparation, amends; excuse, apology, pleasolūtiōThe act of loosening or unfastening someone or something; dissolution.; looseness, weakness; paymentexplētiōfulfilment; satisfactionpoenapenalty, punishment; hardship, torment; executionpiāculumpropitiatory sacrifice, expiation, atonement; an animal offered up in sacrifice, a victim; sin, crime, guiltplācāmentuma means of pacifyingexpiōto make amends or atonement for a crime or a criminal; atone for, expiate, purge by sacrifice; repair, appease; to punis
The English word satisfaction itself goes back to Latin faciō, through satisfactio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
satisfaction
Content, satisfactio (general term): solutio (a paying): expletio (of a wish, necessity). Satisfaction of one’s wish, eventus ad spem respondens: to give satisfaction [Vid: SATISFY].
Atonement, amends, satisfactio (satisfaction for an injury; e.g., for killing a person): poena (general term for punishment): piaculum (in religious matters): placamentum (that by which satisfaction is made). A sacrifice of satisfaction, *mors qua numen placatur or expiatur: to require satisfaction from anybody, piaculum ab aliquo exigere: to make satisfaction for anything, expiare aliquid; by anything, aliqua re: to have received satisfaction, satisfit mihi: to receive satisfaction for anything, satisfactionem recipere pro re: to seek satisfaction from anybody, poenam ab aliquo expetere: to demand satisfaction, res repetere (of the Fetialis, who demanded satisfaction from the enemy; also of a buyer who claims an allowance for defective goods, etc).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for satisfaction?
- The usual Latin words for “satisfaction” are satisfactiō, solūtiō, explētiō; also poena, piāculum, plācāmentum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.