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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh n-tent-muh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɛnt mənt |
Definition of contentment
Origin :- mid-15c., from Old French contentment, from contenter (see content (v.)).
- noun comfort, happiness
- Not contentment, but a lamentation and an ancient tale of wrong!
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- When my uncle left me, it was in more than contentment with my lot.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- His contentment, however, was by no means his whole atmosphere.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Ambition and Contentment are the night and day of my life-journey.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Through this mist of contentment came Fraser's voice, "That is all!"
- Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
- Contentment for him was apparently right there at Gould's Bluffs and nowhere else.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- But day by day this contentment left him, and he was haunted by strange sinkings of the heart.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- Contentment's a kingdom, as folk say, and religion is no worse for a bit o' charity.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- There was something, too, very pathetic in Satterlee's contentment.
- Extract from : « Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas » by Lloyd Osbourne
- Hotei is the patron of contentment, and of course is the father of happiness.
- Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis
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