Exhilaration

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful. Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. Bacon.

Synonyms: Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity.