Associations to the word «Elation»

Wiktionary

ELATION, noun. An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.
ELATION, noun. A feeling of joy and pride.
ELATION, noun. (geometry) A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center).

Dictionary definition

ELATION, noun. An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression.
ELATION, noun. A feeling of joy and pride.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke