contentment

C2+ Topic:Law & Government
US /kənˈtɛntmənt/ UK /kənˈtɛntmənt/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a state of peaceful happiness and satisfaction

    He found quiet contentment tending his small garden each evening.

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Etymology

From Middle French contentement, from contenter ('to satisfy'), from Latin contentus ('satisfied, contained'), past participle of continere ('to hold together').

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