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Noun: self-gratification  self ,gra-tu-fu'key-shun
  1. The act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure
    "His constant pursuit of self-gratification led to strained relationships with others";
    - head trip
     
  2. Indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
    "His self-gratification was evident in his excessive drinking and gambling";
    - dissoluteness, incontinence

Derived forms: self-gratifications

Type of: gratification, indiscipline, undiscipline

Encyclopedia: Self-gratification