exultation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of exulting; great joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight

   Strange that this idea carried with it something of exultation! so much does the pride of man rejoice in aught that marks him from his fellows, and little does it seem to matter whether that mark be for good or for evil.

2. 2
   noun

   the utterance of sounds expressing great joy

3. 3
   noun

   a feeling of extreme joy

From Middle English exultacion, from Old French exultacion, from Latin exsultātiō, exsultātiōnem.

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