[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The state or quality of being contented.
1580. Apol. Pr. Orange, in Phenix (1721), I. 450. They have … given me more Contentedness of mind.
1653. Milton, Hirelings, Wks. (1851), 353. The Contentedness of those Forein Pastors, with the Maintenance given them.
1719. W. Wood, Surv. Trade, 301. Which made them, with so much Patience and Contentedness, undergo the Calamities of that … War.
1814. Wordsw., Excursion, II. Wks. (1889), 438/1. The still contentedness of seventy years.
