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  1. noun The state of being stimulated, refreshed, or elated: "Few Yosemite visitors ever see snow avalanches and fewer still know the exhilaration of riding on them” (John Muir).

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  • This causes one to feel that warmth and exhilaration which is the first effect of the introduction of these disturbing agencies, and which are appealed to as evidence that drink does us good. —  Personal Experience of a Physician
  • I saw what an exhilaration, a pleasure, the exchanging of righteous blows can be. —  Tramping on Life
  • What he was feeling was a heady mix of exhaustion and exhilaration, a strange emotional high that came from the realization that he had outwitted death. —  Father Christmas
  • I did another line and laid back on my bed, letting the exhilaration wash over me. —  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  • A't" 't-h-a't" 'm-o'm-e-n't" 't-h-e'r-e" -c-a'm-e" -a" -c'r-y" -f'r-o'm" "F'r-e'd-a-. —  Masterpieces in Miniature
 

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  1. from Late Latin exhilaratio(n-), a gladdening, from Latin exhilarare, gladden: see exhilarate.
 

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/ɛgzɪləˈreɪʃən/
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