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Elation

noun

An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression.

A feeling of joy and pride. Synonyms: high spirits, lightness.

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... the next morning with a new elation. He must be more careful about keeping tab on his money, but also it was wonderful to find more than you expected. He left the storeroom that reeked of kerosene and passed into the emporium to replace his treasure ...

— Merton of the Movies • Harry Leon Wilson

... of elation and hopefulness that he went to the Hallams' an hour before the supper time. He did not yet know what Hallam and Temple had been trying to do, and of course he knew nothing of the success they had achieved. But in his present ...

— A Captain in the Ranks - A Romance of Affairs • George Cary Eggleston

... South Seas a meeting out-of-doors means a dance. The Polynesians have ever made this universal human expression of the rhythmic principle of motion the chief evidence of emotion, and particularly of elation. Civilization has all but stifled it in many islands. Christianity has made it a sin. It dies hard, for it is the basic outlet of strong natural feeling, and the great group entertainment ...

— White Shadows in the South Seas • Frederick O'Brien

... up and drove off in the warm bright morning, with wonderful elation, clean and self-respecting once more. His freshly shaven face felt cool, and his new suit fitted him well. His heart took on a great resolution, which was to ...

— Other Main-Travelled Roads • Hamlin Garland

... received an appreciation that was prolonged and thundering. When it was over some one had called him a "greater orator than Withers," to add quickly, "and a better Democrat than Burr." He could still see the whimsical smile Burr had turned upon the speaker, and he could still feel his own sense of elation. ...

— The Voice of the People • Ellen Glasgow

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