Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SATISFACTION
satisfaction
(noun) act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite; “the satisfaction of their demand for better services”
satisfaction
(noun) the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation; “the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction”
atonement, expiation, satisfaction
(noun) compensation for a wrong; “we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store”
satisfaction
(noun) (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation; “the full and final satisfaction of the claim”
gratification, satisfaction
(noun) state of being gratified or satisfied; “dull repetitious work gives no gratification”; “to my immense gratification he arrived on time”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
satisfaction (countable and uncountable, plural satisfactions)
A fulfilment of a need or desire.
The pleasure obtained by such fulfillment.
The source of such gratification.
A reparation for an injury or loss.
A vindication for a wrong suffered.
Source: Wiktionary
Sat`is*fac"tion, n. Etym: [OE. satisfaccioum, F. satisfaction, fr. L. satisfactio, fr. satisfacere to satisfy. See Satisfy.]
1. The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands. The mind having a power to suspend the execution and satisfaction of any of its desires. Locke.
2. Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation. We shall make full satisfaction. Shak.
3. That which satisfies or gratifiles; atonement. Die he, or justice must; unless or him Some other, able, and as willing, pay The rigid satisfaction, death for death. Milton.
Syn.
– Contentment; content; gratification; pleasure; recompence; compensation; amends; remuneration; indemnification; atonement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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