gladness
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Noun (1)
- experiencing joy and pleasureSynonyms: gladfulnessgladsomenessType of happiness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Glad′ness noun
Origin: AS. glædnes.
State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness.
They... did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart.— Acts ii. 46.
☞ Gladness is rarely or never equivalent to mirth, merriment, gayety, and triumph, and it usually expresses less than delight. It sometimes expresses great joy.
The Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day.— Esther viii. 17.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54