Definition of "revel" []

• To take great pleasure or delight: She reveled in her unaccustomed leisure. (verb-intransitive)
• To engage in uproarious festivities; make merry. (verb-intransitive)
• A boisterous festivity or celebration; merrymaking. Often used in the plural. (noun)

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• "Her hair, flying loose in revel or war, is still an angel's hair, and glorious under a halo."
• "These men, by nature, want recognition and revel is talking about their crimes."
• "Weathers channeled a range of soul brethren for what could, at minimum, be called a revel-rousing affair James Brown would've been proud of."