exultation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

exultation
    n 1: a feeling of extreme joy [syn: {exultation}, {jubilance},
         {jubilancy}, {jubilation}]
    2: the utterance of sounds expressing great joy [syn:
       {exultation}, {rejoicing}, {jubilation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Exultation \Ex`ul*ta"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. exsultatio: cf. F.
   exultation.]
   The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at
   any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.
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         His bosom swelled with exultation.       --Prescott.
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