enjoyment

UK/ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.mənt/US/ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.mənt/

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Enjoyment is the pleasure taken in doing something. Sheer enjoyment, spoil the enjoyment, for the enjoyment of all.

It is pleasure in an activity rather than in a thing, which is what separates it from pleasure itself. In law it has a technical sense, since quiet enjoyment is a tenant's right to occupy without interference.

Definitions of enjoyment

1nounenjoymentThe pleasure taken in doing something.B1+
“Loud phones in the cinema spoil everyone's enjoyment of the film.”

enjoyment is a pleasure.

Where it comes from

From enjoy plus -ment, from Old French enjoier, to give joy.

From enjoy + ment.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

enjoyment in the wild

Nuisance signifies that the "right of quiet enjoyment" is being disrupted to such a degree that a tort is being committed.
Nuisance
Kama is the concept of pleasure, enjoyment and desire in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.
Kama
Bhoga is a Sanskrit term meaning "enjoyment; pleasure; experience".
Bhoga
Other derivative terms include: Bhoganga ("pleasure-seeking individual"), Bhoga-sthana ("abode of enjoyment"), Bhoga-vastu ("object of enjoyment"), etc.
Bhoga
A fun run is a friendly race that involves either road running or cross country running with participants taking part for their own enjoyment rather than competition.
Fun run

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