enjoyment
Etymology

From enjoy + -ment.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪmənt/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪmənt/, /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪmənt/
Noun

enjoyment

  1. (uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything.
    Few activities better the enjoyment of a hearty meal eaten in good company.
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC ↗:
      Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
  2. (uncountable) An enjoyable state of mind.
  3. (countable) An activity that gives pleasure.
  4. (legal) The exercise of a legal right.
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