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pleasure

('pl/E//Z//@/r )

a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience(noun.feeling)

Example:
He was tingling with pleasure.

Synonym:
pleasance
Antonym:
pain, painfulness

source: wordnet30
something or someone that provides a source of happiness(noun.cognition)

Example:
The pleasure of his company.

Synonym:
delight, joy

source: wordnet30
a formal expression(noun.cognition)

Example:
He serves at the pleasure of the President.

source: wordnet30
an activity that affords enjoyment(noun.act)

Example:
He puts duty before pleasure.

source: wordnet30
sexual gratification(noun.act)

Example:
He took his pleasure of her.

source: wordnet30
The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.(noun)

source: webster1913

To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.(verb)

source: webster1913
To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.(verb)

source: webster1913

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