Definition of "elation" []

• An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression (noun)
• A feeling of joy and pride (noun)

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• "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."
• "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."
• "The sugar buzz remains but the chocolate elation is just flowing away."