Happiness

n.	1.	Good luck; good fortune; prosperity. All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! - Shak.
	2.	An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended with enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness.
	3.	Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; - used especially of language. Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness, as well as care. - Pope. O happiness! our being's end and aim! - Pope. Others in virtue place felicity, But virtue joined with riches and long life; In corporal pleasures he, and careless ease. - Milton. His overthrow heaped happiness upon him; For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the blessedness of being little. - Shak.

Noun	1.	happiness - state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy Synonyms: felicity Antonyms: unhappiness - state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief
	2.	happiness - emotions experienced when in a state of well-being Antonyms: sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

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