exultation

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛɡzʌlˈteɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: ex‧ul‧ta‧tion

exultation (countable and uncountable, plural exultations)

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

   Synonym: triumph

   • 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Talisman, pages 65–66:

     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.

Learned borrowing from Latin exsultātiō. By surface analysis, exulter +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zyl.ta.sjɔ̃/

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exultation f (plural exultations)

1. exultation

• Not to be confused with exaltation.

• “exultation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.