/eg'zawl tay"sheuhn, ek'sawl-/ , n.
1. the act of exalting.
2. the state of being exalted.
3. elation of mind or feeling, sometimes abnormal or morbid in character; rapture: mystical exaltation; euphoric exaltation.
4. Chiefly Brit. a flight of larks.
5. Astrol. the sign of the zodiac in which the most positive influence of a planet is expressed (opposed to fall ).
6. Chem. (formerly) the process of subliming.
[ 1350-1400; ME exaltacioun exaltation- (s. of exaltatio ). See EXALT, -ATION ]
Syn. 3. exultation, transport, euphoria. See ecstasy .