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contentation

contentation noun: contentment; satisfaction.

Noun

contentation (countable and uncountable, plural contentations)

  1. (obsolete) contentment; satisfaction
    • great applause and contentation in the hands of Misitheus1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas...

Forms of contentation

pluralcontentations

Origin of contentation

Latin contentatio.

Questions about contentation

What does contentation mean?
Contentation means contentment; satisfaction.
What part of speech is contentation?
Contentation is a noun.
What is the plural of contentation?
The plural of contentation is contentations.

Words near contentation in the dictionary

  1. content wrangling
  2. content-creator
  3. content-creators
  4. content-free
  5. contentable
  6. contentation
  7. contentations
  8. contente
  9. contented
  10. contentedly
  11. contentedness

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