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.

Origin of contentedness

First recorded in 1575–85; contented + -ness

He was averse to costly pleasures, and regarded contentedness with a little to be a great good.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord
Health is the greatest of gifts, contentedness the best riches; trust is the best of relatives, Nirvana the highest happiness.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas Inman
contentedness in all accidents brings great peace of spirit, and is the great and only instrument of temporal felicity.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of Education
In a contentedness with that degree and state which God hath assigned us.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) | Richard Baxter
She did not know she was humble-minded and of an angelic contentedness of spirit.
Emily Fox-Seton | Frances Hodgson Burnett

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