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enlightenment in WordNet English dictionary
noun- education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
enlightenment
- (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
nirvana enlightenment
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