enlightenment

enlightenment is a 13-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 24 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
2. noun. education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
3. noun. a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine

   "the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms"

4. noun. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

   Synonyms: nirvana

Synonyms

nirvana

Common word forms

enlightenments

Words from these letters

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