DELECTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does delectation mean? 

• DELECTATION (noun)
  The noun DELECTATION has 2 senses:

1. a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction

2. act of receiving pleasure from something

  Familiarity information: DELECTATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELECTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

delectation; delight

Context example:

his delight to see her was obvious to all

Hypernyms ("delectation" is a kind of...):

pleasance; pleasure (a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "delectation"):

entrancement; ravishment (a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment)

amusement (a feeling of delight at being entertained)

Schadenfreude (delight in another person's misfortune)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Act of receiving pleasure from something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

delectation; enjoyment

Hypernyms ("delectation" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

 Context examples 

All that he was and was not, all that he had done and most of what he had not done, was spread out for the delectation of the public, accompanied by snapshots and photographs—the latter procured from the local photographer who had once taken Martin's picture and who promptly copyrighted it and put it on the market.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)