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Self-gratification   /sɛlf-grˌætəfəkˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Self-gratification

noun
1.
Indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures.  Synonyms: dissoluteness, incontinence.
2.
The act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure.  Synonym: head trip.






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"Self-gratification" Quotes from Famous Books



... physical. At times, too, he remembered that she had talked a sort of pensive sentimentalism, of a slightly religious nature; but the least idea of a moral purpose in life—of self-denial, and devotion to something higher than immediate self-gratification—seemed never to have entered her head. What is more, John had found his attempts to introduce such topics with her always unsuccessful. Lillie either gaped in his face, and asked him what time it was; ...
— Pink and White Tyranny - A Society Novel • Harriet Beecher Stowe



Words linked to "Self-gratification" :   rakishness, incontinence, undiscipline, head trip, gratification, indiscipline



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