Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gratification

Gratification , noun

[Latin gratificatio: compare French gratification.]

1.
The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.
2.
That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.
3.
A reward; a recompense; a gratuity. — Bp. Morton