inspiration

inspiration
n
1. stimulus, fillip, stimulation, arousal, incentive, provocation; revelation. Muse, afflatus; influence, encouragement, exhortation, prompting, goad, spur; whet, kindling, inflaming, igniting, Inf. sparking; incitement, instigation, rousing, stirring; awakening, rejuvenation, revitalization, revitalizing, revival, rally.
2. energy, spirit, 61an, dash, ardor; passion, zeal, gusto, vigor; eagerness, animation, Inf. ginger, invig-oration, exhilaration; enthusiasm, sparkle, ebullience, excitement; ecstasy, thrill, Inf. rush, tingling, quickening.
3. brightness, warmth, encouragement, shot in the arm, perking up; assurance, reassurance, confirmation; comfort, comforting, solace, quieting, calming; unburdening, relief, alleviation, assuagement; salve, soothing, palliation, mitigation; aid, assistance, support, sustenance, nourishment; strength, strengthening, buttressing, bracing, reinforcement; fortification, building up, restoration.
4. revelation, communication, suggestion, explanation; divulging, divulgence, impartation, impartment, disclosure; illumination, enlightenment, awareness, disabusal, insightfulness; instruction, teaching, indoctrination, indoctrinization, education, guide.
5. inhalation, breathing, respiration, Pathol. eupnea; indraft, sniffle, snuffle, Sl. snort, Brit. Sl. toot.

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