Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enjoyment"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Enjoyment \En*joy"ment\, n.
1. The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or
satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of
anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an
estate.

2. That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.

The hope of everlasting enjoyments. --Glanvill.

Syn: Pleasure; satisfaction; gratification; fruition;
happiness; felicity; delight.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

enjoyment
n 1: the pleasure felt when having a good time
2: act of receiving pleasure from something [syn: {delectation}]
3: (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits
of owning property; "we were given the use of his boat"
[syn: {use}]


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