elation

IPA: ɪɫˈeɪʃʌn

An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.
A feeling of joy and pride.
(geometry) A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center).

Examples of "elation" in Sentences

That’s more likely to end in elation, if it ever actually ends.
The sugar buzz remains but the chocolate elation is just flowing away.
None of this will diminish the short-term elation that Romney's advisers feel.
She knows that if I am not looking up every five minutes in elation to bug her about how great it is, that it's not great.
- a great day, but diminished in elation due to the unknown fate of 1300 plus men still Missing in Action, including three of my crew.
Some fans climbed on top of cars and danced in elation, while others wearing blue and white Colts jerseys posed for pictures with the giant statues on the monument.
I'd also forgotten how after you get that first week of lectures prepared, the feeling of elation is quickly replaced with the sobering realization that the next week isn't even started.
Well, calm down my fellow Americans, their victory and their elation is short-lived because President Obama has many things to learn as President, as every new President does, but he has shown the ability to learn from a mistake, or learn from an experience in this case.