Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] -- Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ly, adv. --
Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
satisfactoriness
n 1: the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a
demand or requirement [ant: unsatisfactoriness]