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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Late [[Latin]] satisfaction-, satisfactio, from Latin, reparation, amends, from satisfacere to satisfy
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Late [[Latin]] satisfaction-, satisfactio, from Latin, reparation, amends, from satisfacere to satisfy
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1 a : the payment through penance of the temporal punishment incurred by a [[sin]]
*1 a : the payment through penance of the temporal punishment incurred by a [[sin]]
:c : vindication
:c : vindication
*4 : convinced [[assurance]] or certainty <proved to the satisfaction of the [[court]]>
*4 : convinced [[assurance]] or certainty <proved to the satisfaction of the [[court]]>
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<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Satisfaction''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Satisfaction '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Description==
==Description==
Some of the earliest [[references]] to the [[state]] of contentment are found in the reference to the midah (personal attribute) of Samayach B’Chelko. The [[expression]] comes from the word samayach (root Sin-Mem-Chet) [[meaning]] "[[happiness]], [[joy]] or contentment", and chelko (root Chet-Lamed-Kuf) meaning "portion, lot, or piece", and combined mean contentment with one’s lot in life. The [[attribute]] is referred to in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnah Mishnahic] [[source]] which says
Some of the earliest [[references]] to the [[state]] of contentment are found in the reference to the midah (personal attribute) of Samayach B’Chelko. The [[expression]] comes from the word samayach (root Sin-Mem-Chet) [[meaning]] "[[happiness]], [[joy]] or contentment", and chelko (root Chet-Lamed-Kuf) meaning "portion, lot, or piece", and combined mean contentment with one’s lot in life. The [[attribute]] is referred to in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnah Mishnahic] [[source]] which says
