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contentment

[ kuhn-tent-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the state of being contented; content; contented; satisfaction; ease of mind.
  2. Archaic. the act of making contentedly satisfied.


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Other Words From

  • over·con·tentment noun
  • precon·tentment noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of contentment1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English contentement, from Middle French; content 2( def ), -ment ( def )

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Example Sentences

I envy my refusenik friends their steadfast commitments to stay in, and contentment in doing so.

Whatever peace and contentment Adams has found seldom finds its way into his music.

Sudden peace, buoyancy, contentment, or alternatively sorrow or physical pain.

Vengeance is a much more satisfying reason to spend the time than bland contentment.

And not that after-sex glow, but the radiance of contentment.

The speech came to an abrupt end when, losing her balance, she fell to the ground, and lay there in drunken contentment.

And a hint of mothering contentment stole sweetly over him behind this shadowy yet genuine consolation.

He succeeded, however, and soon was puffing clouds of pungent smoke into the air with the utmost contentment.

An industrious housewife, she hummed the hymns of contentment and peace from morning till evening.

Following this he sighed with a great contentment and twiddled his bare toes openly and flagrantly in the eyes of all Coldriver.

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