contentment

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈtɛntmənt/

Noun

contentment (uncountable)

1. the state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

     Then they got out their boat from the boat-house, sculled down the river home, and at a very late hour sat down to supper in their own cosy riverside parlour, to the Rat's great joy and contentment.

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.

Antonyms

• discontent, discontentment, dissatisfaction

Translations

• French: contentement
• German: Zufriedenheit, Genügsamkeit
• Portuguese: contente, satisfeito, realizado
• Russian: удовлетворённость
• Spanish: satisfacción

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