Exultancy
[eg-zuhl-tey-shuh n, ek-suhl-] /ˌɛg zʌlˈteɪ ʃən, ˌɛk sʌl-/
noun
1.
the act of ; lively or triumphant joy, as over success or victory.
n.
early 15c., from Old French exultacion, from Latin exultationem/exsultationem, noun of action from past participle stem of exultare/exsultare, frequentative of exsilire “leap out or up” (see exult). Notion is of leaping or dancing for joy. An Old English word for it was heahbliss “high bliss.”
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