Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.

    Erhöhen, Erhöhung

    возвеличиваниеvozveličivanije

  2. (countable, uncountable)A feeling of happiness so intense as to be carried away by it; joyful pride bordering on ecstasy, often resulting from acclaim or triumph.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.

  4. (countable, uncountable)That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.

    the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence

  5. (Mormonism, countable, uncountable)Apotheosis; becoming a god in the highest degree of glory after death.

  6. (collective, countable, uncommon, uncountable)A flock of doves, larks or skylarks.

    a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)

  7. (archaic, countable, uncountable)An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, observed as a symptom in various forms of insanity.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Even after a single glass of champagne I have found that the slight mental exaltation is accompanied by a slight obfuscation.

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  2. In Buddhism, having much emotion is not exaltation.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the act of exalting or raising high:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the act of exalting or raising high:

Origin

From Middle English exaltacioun, exaltatioun, from Old French exaltacion and Latin exaltāt

From Middle English exaltacioun, exaltatioun, from Old French exaltacion and Latin exaltātiō (“exaltation, elevation”), from exaltō (“raise, elevate, exalt”), from ex (“from, out of”) + altus (“high”). By surface analysis, exalt + -ation.

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Forms

plural: exaltations
Singularexaltation
Pluralexaltations

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

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