contentation

noun

plural -s

1

obsolete : a making or being contended

also : whatever makes one content

2

obsolete : state of contentment

Word History

Etymology

Middle English contentacioun payment, from Medieval Latin contentation-, contentatio, from contentatus (past participle of contentare to pay, satisfy, from Latin contentus) + -ion-, -io -ion

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