The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word SATISFACTION
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More clues leading to the result SATISFACTION
- Day one’s dissenting group finds pleasure in fulfilment
- Day one's pressure group gets fulfilment
- Pleasure rested on one small dissenting subgroup
- Small, it’s a bustling camp settlement
- One’s group of rebels relaxed at first in comfort
- Some can’t get none of this legal payment
- Met one’s clique for contentment
- Compensation provided for variable costs in a Fiat
- Pleasure is fantastic, possibly embracing love
- Settled camp enclosing one’s settlement
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The straight part
We know that "settlement" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case settlement = satisfaction.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SATISFACTION mean?
SATISFACTION noun- 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.