contentment
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 11
/kənˈtɛntmənt/
Definition of contentment
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
“[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.”
“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.”
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noun
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(uncountable, usually)The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
“[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.”
“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.”
- (uncountable, usually)Happiness in one's situation; satisfaction
- (uncountable, usually)The neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind.
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Etymology
From Middle French contentement. By surface analysis, content + -ment.
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