Defn: Content; satisfaction. [Obs.] Bacon.
CONTENTED
Con*tent"ed, a.
Defn: Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing.
— Con*tent"ed*ly, adv.
— Con*tent"ed*ness, n.
CONTENTFUL
Con*tent"ful, a.
Defn: Full of content. [Obs.] Barrow.
CONTENTION
Con*ten"tion, n. Etym: [F. contention, L. contentio. See Contend.]
1. A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife. I would my arcontenion. Shak.
2. Strife in words; controversy; altercation quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention. Contentions and strivings about the law. Titus iii. 9.
3. Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal. An end . . . worthy our utmost contenion to obtain. Rogers.
4. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for. All men seem agreed what is to be done; the contention is how the subject is to be divided and defined. Bagehot. This was my original contention, and I still maintain that you should abide by your former decision. Jowett.