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| con·tent·ment
(kən-těnt'mənt) Pronunciation Key
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| contentment | |
noun | |
| happiness with one's situation in life [ant: discontent] |
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Contentment
Con*tent"ment\ (k[o^]n*t[e^]nt"ment), n. [Cf. F. contentement. See Content, v. t.]1. The state of being contented or satisfied; content. Contentment without external honor is humility. --Grew. Godliness with contentment is great gain. --1 Tim. vi. 6. 2. The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible. 3. Gratification; pleasure; satisfaction. [Obs.] At Paris the prince spent one whole day to give his mind some contentment in viewing of a famous city. --Sir H. Wotton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Contentment
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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