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Definition of Pleasure
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Pleasure
The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc. Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc. What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose. That which pleases; a favor; a gratification. To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring. Related Definitions:
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Pleasure Quotations
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. Joseph Addison I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. Clarence Darrow Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Abraham Lincoln God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure. Eric Liddell If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld |
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Pleasure Translations
pleasure in Afrikaans is genot, plesier pleasure in Dutch is pret, plezier, vermaak, genoegen pleasure in Finnish is huvi pleasure in French is jouissance, plaisir pleasure in Latin is delectatio, iucunditas, voluptas pleasure in Portuguese is prazer pleasure in Spanish is agradar, disfrute, agrado, delicia, placer |
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