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Delection

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction. uncountable

    "Poussin justly stated, "the aim of art is delection," but many mistake pleasure for delection."

Etymology

From Latin dēlectiō. By surface analysis, delect + -ion.

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