jubilation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

jubilation
    n 1: a feeling of extreme joy [syn: {exultation}, {jubilance},
         {jubilancy}, {jubilation}]
    2: a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy
       event [syn: {celebration}, {jubilation}]
    3: the utterance of sounds expressing great joy [syn:
       {exultation}, {rejoicing}, {jubilation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Jubilation \Ju`bi*la"tion\, n. [L. jubilatio: cf. F.
   jubilation.]
   A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation. "Jubilations
   and hallelujahs." --South.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "jubilation":
      banquet, celebration, crowing, elation, exultation, feast,
      festivity, gloating, hoopla, joyance, jubilance, jubilee,
      mad round, merriment, merrymaking, raucous happiness, regale,
      regalement, rejoicing, revel, revelment, revelry,
      round of pleasures, show of joy, treat, triumph, whoopee

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