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pleas·ure

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–noun

1.	the state or feeling of being pleased.

2.	enjoyment or satisfaction derived from what is to one's liking; gratification; delight.

3.	worldly or frivolous enjoyment: the pursuit of pleasure.

4.	recreation or amusement; diversion; enjoyment: Are you traveling on business or for pleasure?

5.	sensual gratification.

6.	a cause or source of enjoyment or delight: It was a pleasure to see you.

7.	pleasurable quality: the pleasure of his company.

8.	one's will, desire, or choice: to make known one's pleasure.

–verb (used with object)

9.	to give pleasure to; gratify; please.

–verb (used without object)

10.	to take pleasure; delight: I pleasure in your company.

11.	to seek pleasure, as by taking a holiday.

[Origin: 1325–75; late ME (see please, -ure); r. ME plaisir < MF (n. use of inf.) < L placére to please

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—Related forms

pleas·ure·ful, adjective

pleas·ure·less, adjective

pleas·ure·less·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. happiness, gladness, delectation. Pleasure, enjoyment, delight, joy refer to the feeling of being pleased and happy. Pleasure is the general term: to take pleasure in beautiful scenery. Enjoyment is a quiet sense of well-being and pleasurable satisfaction: enjoyment at sitting in the shade on a warm day. Delight is a high degree of pleasure, usually leading to active expression of it: delight at receiving a hoped-for letter. Joy is a feeling of delight so deep and so lasting that one radiates happiness and expresses it spontaneously: joy at unexpected good news. 5. voluptuousness. 8. preference, wish, inclination, predilection.

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