contentment

[kuh n-tent-muh nt] /kənˈtɛnt mənt/

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

overcontentment, noun

precontentment, noun

Synonyms

1. See happiness.

Examples from the web for contentment

For some, happiness and contentment is a definition.
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.
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.
Economics would be more rational if it measured contentment as well as dollars.
These zones have been created to protect the safety, peace, contentment and values of residential homeowners.

Word Origin and History for contentment

mid-15c., from Old French contentment, from contenter (see content (v.)).

contentment in the Bible

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).