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Happiness

//ˈhæpinɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The emotion of being happy; joy; elation. uncountable

    "seek happiness"

  2. 2
    emotions experienced when in a state of well-being wordnet
  3. 3
    Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing. archaic, uncountable

    "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

  4. 4
    state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy wordnet
  5. 5
    Good luck; good fortune. archaic, uncountable

    "All happineſſe bechance to thee in Millaine."

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  1. 6
    Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace, used especially of language. countable, obsolete

    "Some Beauties yet, no Precepts can declare, / For there's a Happineſs as well as Care."

Etymology

From happy + -ness.

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