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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley