What is the meaning of rejoicing?

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noun

A feeling of great happiness.
The utterance of sounds expressing great joy.
- synonyms: exultation, jubilation

verb

Feel happiness or joy.
- synonyms: rejoice, joy
To express great joy.
- usage: "Who cannot exult in Spring"
- synonyms: exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate
Be ecstatic with joy.
- synonyms: wallow, rejoice, triumph

adjective

Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success.
- usage: "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout"
- synonyms: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, triumphal, triumphant

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