That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.

state of being gratified; great satisfaction; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time"

A reward; a recompense; a gratuity.

The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.

Gratification is the positive emotional response (happiness) to a fulfillment of desire.

the act or an instance of satisfying