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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contentment \Con*tent"ment\ (k[o^]n*t[e^]nt"ment), n. [Cf. F. contentement. See Content, v. t.]
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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. The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.
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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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Old French contentment, from contenter (see content (v.)).
Wiktionary
n. 1 the state or degree of being contented 2 happiness in one's situation; satisfaction 3 the neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind.
WordNet
n. happiness with one's situation in life [ant: discontentment]
Wikipedia
Contentment is a mental or emotional state of satisfaction maybe drawn from being at ease in one's situation, body and mind. Colloquially speaking, contentment could be a state of having accepted one's situation and is a milder and more tentative form of happiness.
Contentment and the pursuit of contentment are possibly a central thread through many philosophical or religious schools across diverse cultures, times and geographies. Siddharta might have said "Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." John Stuart Mill, centuries later, would write "I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them." Marcus Aurelius wrote "Live with the gods. And he who does so constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to them." Hebrews 13:5 reads "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'" Chinese philosopher Zhuang Zhou once wrote in the 3rd century BCE (hypothetically) "A gentleman who profoundly penetrates all things and is in harmony with their transformations will be contented with whatever time may bring. He follows the course of nature in whatever situation he may be."
The literature seems to generally agree that contentment is maybe a state ideally reached through being happy with what a person has, as opposed to achieving one's larger ambitions, as Socrates described by probably saying "He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have." That said, there may be a number of elements of achievement that may make finding a state of personal contentment easier: a strong family unit, a strong local community, and satisfaction of life's basic needs as perhaps expressed in Maslow's hierarchy of needs. In general, the more needs in Maslow's hierarchy are achieved, the more easily one might achieve contentment.
Contentment may refer to:
- Contentment, a state of being
or it may refer to:
- Contentment (Mt. Crawford, Virginia), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, Virginia
- Contentment (Ansted, West Virginia), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, West Virginia
Contentment, also known as the Colonel George Imboden House, is a historic home located at Ansted, Fayette County, West Virginia. It was built about 1830 and expanded to its present configuration after its acquisition by former Confederate Colonel George W. Imboden in 1872. The original home consisted of five rooms and a detached kitchen. Colonel Imboden added two rooms, extended the porch, and added a gable end chimney. Colonel Imboden, who was Ansted's first mayor, helped stimulate the growth of the town's businesses. The Contentment Historical Complex serves as the museum and headquarters for the Fayette County Historical Society.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Contentment, also known as the Grattan House, is a historic home located near Mount Crawford, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built in 1823, and is a two-story, five bay, brick Federal style dwelling. It has a pair of slightly-projecting interior end chimneys placed at each end of the standing-seam metal gable roof with a brick parapet between each pair. During the American Civil War, on June 2–3, 1864, the house served as the headquarters of Confederate General John D. Imboden the Battle of Piedmont. It was also the site of one of the major skirmishes before the Confederate defeat at Cedar Creek, near Winchester. That skirmish was initiated by General Jubal Early and began at Contentment on October 4, 1864.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
Usage examples of "contentment".
John Adams, too, for all his ambition to serve in London, seemed anything but eager to leave the setting of such sustained contentment.
No one will ever know, but it is perfectly possible that as the sun rose higher that cloudless morning, Adams felt contentment of a kind he had not known for years--once he got over the fact that traveling with him on the same stage, as chance would have it, was Theodore Sedgwick.
At least the thought gave Antonio a small measure of contentment, and he pushed the horse into an easy canter.
The comparative contentment of the great Sheikh at this moment, her silence, and the sudden departure of Fakredeen, induced Baroni to believe that there was yet something on the cards, and, being of a sanguine disposition, he sincerely encouraged his master, who, however, did not appear to be very desponding.
Here they sat down, Blix settling herself on an old log with a little sigh of contentment, Condy stretching himself out, a newlighted pipe in his teeth, his head resting on the little handbag he had persistently carried ever since morning.
Know you that Monsieur Broussel is a philosopher, who has found contentment in--fifty ecus a year, did you not say, monsieur?
The Great Master sipped from the delicate, handleless cup and rolled his eyes with contentment.
I remember humming the Mission Impossible theme song with Jay as we went to plant the last few spikes, creeping with comical stealth and keeping an exaggerated lookout for any imaginary Russian spies or muscleman flunkies, as the sun filled the sky and my heart with a warm sense of contentment.
Chori with his technical abilities, gave Angel Paz a glow of contentment.
Pain welled up from under the satiated contentment, like a little rift of lava finding the surface of the earth.
The sheets are heavenly against her flesh, sweet numbness is spreading through her limbs, and although the sanction of nightfall is still a long way off, she feels herself drifting into sleep, only vaguely aware of a gentle commotion next to her in the bed which, only when she wakes next morning, she will discover to be Puss, by then nestled, in a state of perfect contentment, at her feet.
After the Valley, after Southern California, the familiar view of the ribbon of cottonwoods lining the river, the streets and structures built atop the low desert foothills fronting Sinagua Bluffs was one which filled him with comforting pleasure and a sense of contentment.
Who had the slimmest of chances to take root in a place where their families could prosper, where freedom and money and contentment were, the story went, as common as sunlight and rain.
The other boy followed with a dreamy look of contentment as he gazed on the fresh green lawns, the narcissus and snowbells dancing under the bare branches of the trees, and the encircling ring of cloud-capped mountains.
A pleasure planet unlike any other, where even the weariest of souls could find rest and comfort and contentment.