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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gladness \Glad"ness\, n. [AS. gl[ae]dnes.]
State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful
satisfaction; cheerfulness.
They . . . did eat their meat with gladness and
singleness of heart. --Acts ii 46.
Note: Gladness is rarely or never equivalent to mirth,
merriment, gayety, and triumph, and it usually
expresses less than delight. It sometimes expresses
great joy.
The Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good
day --Esther viii.
17.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
gladness
n : experiencing joy and pleasure [syn: {gladfulness}, {gladsomeness}]
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