jubilation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the utterance of sounds expressing great joy

   The jubilation was heard a block away.

2. 2
   noun

   a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

   We are hosting a jubilation to celebrate the birth of our first child.

3. 3
   noun

   a feeling of extreme joy

   Our jubilation when our team won was incredible.

From Old French jubilacion, from Latin iūbilātiō (“a shouting for joy”). Cognate with Spanish jubilación (“retirement”).

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