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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

anniversaries, buxom, celebrating, celebration, ceremony, commemoration, delighting, dressing ship, elate, elated, exultant, exulting, fanfare, fanfaronade, festivity, flourish of trumpets, flushed, frivolous, gleeful, hilarious, holiday, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, jubilee, laughter-loving, marking the occasion, memorialization, memory, merry, mirth-loving, mirthful, observance, ovation, religious rites, remembrance, revel, risible, rite, ritual observance, salute, salvo, solemn observance, solemnization, testimonial, testimonial banquet, testimonial dinner, toast, tribute, triumph

Dictionary Results for rejoicing:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

rejoicing
    adj 1: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or
           success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day";
           "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn:
           exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful,
           rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant]
    n 1: a feeling of great happiness
    2: the utterance of sounds expressing great joy [syn:
       exultation, rejoicing, jubilation]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rejoicing \Re*joi"cing\ (-s?ng), n.
   1. Joy; gladness; delight.
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            We should particularly express our rejoicing by love
            and charity to our neighbors.         --R. Nelson.
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   2. The expression of joy or gladness.
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            The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the
            tabernacles of the righteous.         --Ps. cxviii.
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   3. That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.
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            Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever,
            for they are the rejoicing of my heart. --Ps. cxix.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rejoice \Re*joice"\ (r[-e]*jois"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   Rejoiced (-joist"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rejoicing
   (-joi"s?ng).] [OE. rejoissen, OF. resjouir, resjoir, F.
   r['e]jouir; pref. re- re- + OF. esjouir, esjoir, F.
   ['e]jouir, to rejoice; pref. es- (L. ex-) + OF. jouir, joir,
   F. jouir, from L. gaudere to rejoice. See Joy.]
   To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have
   pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. "O, rejoice beyond
   a common joy." --Shak.
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         I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. --Ps. xxxi. 7.
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   Syn: Syn. To delight; joy; exult; triumph.
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