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contentment

[kuhn-tent-muhnt]

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noun

the state of being contented; satisfaction; ease of mind.

Archaic. the act of making contentedly satisfied.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English contentement < Middle French. See content², -ment

Related forms

o·ver·con·tent·ment, noun

pre·con·tent·ment, noun

Synonyms
1. See happiness.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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World English Dictionary

content² (kənˈtɛnt)

—*adj*
1.	mentally or emotionally satisfied with things as they are
2.	assenting to or willing to accept circumstances, a proposed course of action, etc

—vb
3.	(tr) to make (oneself or another person) content or satisfied: to content oneself with property

—n
4.	peace of mind; mental or emotional satisfaction

—*interj*
5.	(Brit) (in the House of Lords) a formal expression of assent, as opposed to the expression not content

[C14: from Old French, from Latin contentus contented, that is, having restrained desires, from continēre to restrain]

con'tently²

—*adv*

con'tentment²

—n

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Word Origin & History

contentment

mid-15c., from Fr. contentment, from contenter (see content).

Easton

Bible Dictionary

Contentment definition

a state of mind in which one's desires are confined to his lot whatever it may be (1 Tim. 6:6; 2 Cor. 9:8). It is opposed to envy (James 3:16), avarice (Heb. 13:5), ambition (Prov. 13:10), anxiety (Matt. 6:25, 34), and repining (1 Cor. 10:10). It arises from the inward disposition, and is the offspring of humility, and of an intelligent consideration of the rectitude and benignity of divine providence (Ps. 96:1, 2; 145), the greatness of the divine promises (2 Pet. 1:4), and our own unworthiness (Gen. 32:10); as well as from the view the gospel opens up to us of rest and peace hereafter (Rom. 5:2).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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