CONTENTATION


Meaning of CONTENTATION in English

noun

( -s )

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

1. obsolete : a making or being contended ; also : whatever makes one content

2. obsolete : state of contentment

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