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contentment

noun
/kənˈtɛntmənt/

Etymology

From Middle French contentement. By surface analysis, content + -ment.

  1. derived from contentement

Definitions

  1. The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.

    • 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

    Happiness in one's situation; satisfaction

  3. The neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation,…

    The neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at contentment. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01contentment02satisfied03available04readily05easily06discomfort07comfort

A definitional loop anchored at contentment. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at contentment

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA