self-gratification

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self-grat·i·fi·ca·tion

(sĕlf′grăt′ə-fĭ-kā′shən)

The act of giving oneself pleasure or of satisfying one's own desires.

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self-gratification

the achieving of pleasure or satisfaction by doing something, esp something physical

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self′-gratifica′tion

the act of pleasing or satisfying oneself, esp. the gratifying of one's own impulses, needs, or desires.

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Noun	1.	self-gratification - indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures dissoluteness, incontinence indiscipline, undiscipline - the trait of lacking discipline rakishness - the quality of a rake
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