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contentedness
[ kuhn-ten-tid-nis ]
noun
- the state or condition of being satisfied and not needing or wanting anything more or anything else:
In my adoptive family there were unpleasant challenges, but also moments of deep contentedness, unexpected belonging, and joy.
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Other Words From
- half-con·tent·ed·ness noun
- o·ver·con·tent·ed·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contentedness1
First recorded in 1575–85; contented ( def ) + -ness ( )
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Example Sentences
He was averse to costly pleasures, and regarded contentedness with a little to be a great good.
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Health is the greatest of gifts, contentedness the best riches; trust is the best of relatives, Nirvana the highest happiness.
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Contentedness in all accidents brings great peace of spirit, and is the great and only instrument of temporal felicity.
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In a contentedness with that degree and state which God hath assigned us.
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She did not know she was humble-minded and of an angelic contentedness of spirit.
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