What does "contentment" mean?
Contentment: 2. The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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