contentment

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Antonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< French contentement; as content + -ment.

[edit] Noun

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contentment (uncountable)

1. 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.

2. happiness in one's situation; satisfaction
3. the neuro-physiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind.

[edit] Antonyms

• discontentment

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• contentment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• contentment in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911