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contentments

contentments is the plural of contentment.

Meaning of contentment

Noun

contentment (usually uncountable, plural contentments)

  1. (usually) The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
    • […]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout...1620, Giovanni Bocaccio, translated by John Florio, The Decameron, Containing an Hundred Pleaſant Nouels: Wittily Diſcourſed, Betweene Seuen Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen, Isaac...
  2. (usually) Happiness in one's situation; satisfaction
  3. (usually) The neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind.

Questions about contentments

What is contentments the plural of?
Contentments is the plural of contentment.

Words near contentments in the dictionary

  1. contentives
  2. contentless
  3. contentlessness
  4. contently
  5. contentment
  6. contentments
  7. contentness
  8. contents
  9. contents insurance
  10. contentsome
  11. contentual

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