enlightenment

noun

A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.

An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

(history) A 17th- and 18th-century European intellectual movement emphasizing rationalism. The period during which it flourished is called the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason.

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edificationn illuminationn awakeningn

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