noun
1. indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
• Syn: ↑dissoluteness, ↑incontinence
• Derivationally related forms: ↑dissolute (for: ↑dissoluteness)
• Hypernyms: ↑indiscipline, ↑undiscipline
• Hyponyms: ↑rakishness
2. the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure
• Syn: ↑head trip
• Hypernyms: ↑gratification
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\\| ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun : the act of pleasing oneself or of satisfying one's desires
the raw human being has unconscious forces that push him crudely toward self-gratification — Priscilla Robertson
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/self"grat'euh fi kay"sheuhn, self'-/, n.
the act of pleasing or satisfying oneself, esp. the gratifying of one's own impulses, needs, or desires.
[1670-80]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.