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Verb: rejoice  ri'joys
  1. Feel happiness or joy
    "We rejoiced at their safe return";
    - joy
     
  2. To express great joy
    "Who cannot rejoice in Spring?";
    - exuberate [archaic, rare], exult, triumph, jubilate
     
  3. Be ecstatic with joy
    "The team rejoiced after winning the championship";
    - triumph

Derived forms: rejoicing, rejoiced, rejoices

Type of: be on cloud nine [informal], buck up [informal], cheer, cheer up, experience, exult, feel, jolly [informal], jump for joy, walk on air

Encyclopedia: Rejoice