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[kuhn-tent-muhnt]

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noun

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

Archaic. the act of making contentedly satisfied.

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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Example Sentences

We may not regard the world solely from the standpoint of our own prosperity, our own safety, our own contentment.

Marriage, he finds, has almost no effect on adult contentment once other factors have been accounted for.

But it can buy a strong correlation with a fancy new index that aims to put a number on contentment.

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We may not regard the world solely from the standpoint of our own prosperity, our own safety, our own contentment.

Marriage, he finds, has almost no effect on adult contentment once other factors have been accounted for.

But it can buy a strong correlation with a fancy new index that aims to put a number on contentment.

But in fact it is a distinctive type of gorilla communication, exchanged in situations of maximum contentment.

Nevertheless, they can lead productive lives and achieve a comfortable level of happiness and contentment.

Ford's philosophy for contentment has given me a means to adjust to the forced anonymity.

LA's contentment glut had come as close as anything ever does in this town to reaching crisis proportions.

There's a lower limit to how far down you can push your expectations and still find contentment.

Misbah's apparent contentment made plenty of people look silly and a few re-examine their prejudices.

Economics would be more rational if it measured contentment as well as dollars.

Miyamoto radiated the contentment of someone who has always wanted to make fun.

Buddhism teaches peace not war, contentment not greed.

These zones have been created to protect the safety, peace, contentment and values of residential homeowners.

Mike lives a life of suburban contentment shadowed by the usual material and moral anxieties.

It is contentment to hold onto the job, market share, and business position that you currently have and settle.

The solution is to practise contentment rather than being attached to work, reputation, money or material things.

Yet heading west has not brought instant contentment.

He laid the foundation for a culture of standardized leisure that saw consumption as the path to contentment.

For some, happiness and contentment is a definition.

Shake, blend, and pour your way to soda-fountain contentment.

Explorations of new routes to contentment for those at the top of the global income scale.

One thing that can make a lasting difference to your contentment is to work with others on a cause larger than yourself.

May you find peace and contentment in the heaven you will surely ascend to.

Indeed, they even exceed the stereotype, in terms of the virtually unalloyed contentment they say they have found living here.

The feeling of pride and contentment of what was achieved over the past sixty two years.

Even as a baby, contentment and equanimity was his way.

Had it ended there, a listener might have left with the contentment of having heard a dazzling.

Many club habitues of years past are finding contentment in quieter corners and deeper discussion.

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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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