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The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

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  1. n. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
  2. n. The state of being enlivened or cheerful.
  3. n. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
  4. 1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening. 2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful. Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. Bacon. Syn. -- Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity.
  5. n:100 n. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy