rejoicing
noun
[ rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪŋ ]
• great joy; jubilation.
• "the ban was lifted in 1990 amid general rejoicing"
rejoice
verb
• feel or show great joy or delight.
• "we spent the evening rejoicing at our victory"
Similar:
happiness,
pleasure,
joy,
gladness,
delight,
elation,
cheer,
jubilation,
euphoria,
delirium,
ecstasy,
rapture,
transports of delight,
exuberance,
exultation,
glory,
triumph,
celebration,
revelry,
merrymaking,
festivity,
feasting,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘cause joy to’): from Old French rejoiss-, lengthened stem of rejoir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + joir ‘experience joy’.
