enlightenment

enlightenment
n
1. understanding, wisdom, sapience, (usu. cap.) Buddhism. prajna; comprehension, awareness, insight, perception, sensitivity; open-mind-edness, broad-mindedness, freedom of thought, appreciation; learning, knowledge, lore, information, skill; preparation, schooling, training, initiation, apprenticeship; erudition, scholarship, study, Usu. Derog. book-ishness; edification, culture, cultivation, refinement.
2. education, teaching, instruction, tuition, tutelage; direction, guidance, nurture, development; inculcation, indoctrination, initiation, discipline; explanation, illustration, elucidation, illumination, clarification.

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