Meaning & use
Gladness
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The state of being happy or pleased; joyfulness.
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There was real gladness in her voice when she heard the good news.
The festival filled the whole village with gladness.
A note on using this word
"Gladness" is one of the oldest joy-related words in English, tracing back to the Old English "gladnes," and it appears frequently in older Bible translations.
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