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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Contentment \Con*tent"ment\ (k[o^]n*t[e^]nt"ment), noun [Cf. F. contentement. See {Content}, verb (used with an object)]
1. The state of being contented or satisfied; content.
Contentment without external honor is humility. --Grew.
Godliness with contentment is great gain. --1 Tim. vi. 6.
2. The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.
3. Gratification; pleasure; satisfaction. [Obs.]
At Paris the prince spent one whole day to give his mind some contentment in viewing of a famous city. --Sir H. Wotton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
contentment
noun: happiness with one's situation in life [ant: {discontentment}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Contentment a state of mind in which one's desires are confined to his lot whatever it may be (1 Tim. 6:6; 2 Cor. 9:8). It is opposed to envy (James 3:16), avarice (Heb. 13:5), ambition (Prov. 13:10), anxiety (Matt. 6:25, 34), and repining (1 Cor. 10:10). It arises from the inward disposition, and is the offspring of humility, and of an intelligent consideration of the rectitude and benignity of divine providence (Ps. 96:1, 2; 145), the greatness of the divine promises (2 Pet. 1:4), and our own unworthiness (Gen. 32:10); as well as from the view the gospel opens up to us of rest and peace hereafter (Rom. 5:2).
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