exhilaration

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But I also felt a kind of exhilaration, a kind of freedom.

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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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  • The exhilaration, the freedom of speed, Devlin, hatless and grinning beside her. —  Gaston, Diane - The Mysterious Miss M
  • But I also felt a kind of exhilaration, a kind of freedom. —  thinkBuddha.org
  • After each of the family visits I was left with a kind of exhilaration, the same kind of euphoria I'd experienced after a trip to Paris a couple of years back.
  • I'm beginning to feel a new sense of exhilaration -- now, finally, conservatives get to be radical. —  Latest Articles
  • Ultimately the greatest gift we have while we're on this earth is that we can experience all the richness of life - exhilaration, connection, growth, disappointment, loss - and, if we can clear the obstacles our minds put in our way, we can experience life so much more deeply. —  PezCyclingNews.com
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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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