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jubilation

[ joo-buh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation:

    Their jubilation subsided when they lost the second game.

  2. a joyful or festive celebration.


jubilation

/ ˌdʒuːbɪˈleɪʃən /

noun

  1. a feeling of great joy and celebration


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Word History and Origins

Origin of jubilation1

1350–1400; Middle English jubilacioun (< Anglo-French ) < Latin jūbilātiōn- (stem of jūbilātiō ) a shouting for joy, equivalent to jūbilāt- ( jubilate ) + -iōn- -ion

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Example Sentences

The fact that I was neither outraged nor filled with jubilation was not only unacceptable, but also placed me in the minority.

As such, being led through the set by production designer Michael Shaw is a journey best described as “claustrophobic jubilation.”

Arriving at the Melody Ballroom, the atmosphere was a frenzy of joy, jubilation and holy bedlam.

There was a great deal of jubilation in the cottage and then Cunningham himself came to visit us to congratulate us in person.

Jubilation might be a more appropriate term for the public that has so longed for this to happen.

There was much jubilation among the garrison at this outcome of the long-expected and dreaded attack.

He was received in London with jubilation, and was richly pensioned for his heroic adventures.

But he did not fall, and her expression of jubilation changed to disappointment.

"Nobly," agreed Captain Mayo, allowing himself a moment of jubilation, even though the dreaded shoals were ahead.

And spurring his horse, he emerged from the thicket, leaving the gauchos there, in a state of jubilation impossible to describe.

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