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Webster 1913 Edition
Contentment
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 impossible3.
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 1828 Edition
Contentment
CONTENTMENT
, n.1.
Content; a resting or satisfaction of mind without disquiet; acquiescence.Contentment, without external honor, is humility.
Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Timothy 6.
2.
Gratification.At Paris the prince spent a day, to give his mind some contentment.
Definition 2024
contentment
contentment
English
Noun
contentment (usually uncountable, plural contentments)
- the state or degree of being contented
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- Then they got out their boat from the boat-house, sculled down the river home, and at a very late hour sat down to supper in their own cosy riverside parlour, to the Rat's great joy and contentment.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- happiness in one's situation; satisfaction
- the neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind.
Antonyms
Translations
state or degree of being contented
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External links
- contentment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- contentment in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911