exultation

plural exultations

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

   You will experience the fun of life — the magic, the celebration, the exhilaration, and the exultation of your own spirit.

   1994, Deepak Chopra, “The Law of Detachment”, in The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, New World Library, →ISBN, page 87

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   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.

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

   Synonyms: triumph, jubilation

2. collectivecountableSynonym of exaltation (“A flock of doves, larks or skylarks”)

   An exultation of larks rose from the fen itself.

   1983, Robert Nye, Three Tales: Beowulf, Taliesin, Wishing Gold, Hamilton, page 42

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   Oh, look, our mam, there's a wisp of snipe and an exultation of skylarks flying over that clouder of cats!

   2001, Gervase Phinn, Over Hill and Dale, Penguin Books Limited

   On the ground in front of the barn, an exultation of Skylarks was feeding industriously

   2016, Steve Burrows, A Pitying of Doves: A Birder Murder Mystery

   Synonyms: exaltation