SATISFACTORY

satisfactory. Satisfactory, a. giving content, making amends

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Sat′is‐fac″to‐ry (?), a. [[Cf. F. satisfactoire.]] 1. 1. Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation.
2. 2. Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology.
A most wise and sufficient means of redemption and salvation, by the satisfactory and meritorious death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ. Bp. Sanderson. — Sat′is‐fac″to‐ri‐ly (#), adv. — Sat′is‐fac″to‐ri‐ness, n.