EXHILARATION

exhilaration. Exhilaration, n. the act of making glad or merry

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Ex‐hil′a‐ra″tion (?), n. [[L., exhilaratio.]] 1. 1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
2. 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.