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enlightenment
noun as in awareness, understanding
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In my search for answers about who I was, I pored over religious texts in search of enlightenment.
Two and a half millennia ago, Siddhartha Gautama sought enlightenment.
Everything in life, from governance to harvest to warfare, was suffused with sacred meaning until the advent of the Enlightenment.
I later read that to be fit for enlightenment, man must be fearless.
When he emerged from the Zen monastery on Mount Baldy, his enlightenment was followed with an all too worldly disaster.
Further enlightenment (as with men) comes through grace as soon as they become beati through turning to good.
He did talk the matter over with Deacon Pettybone, but got little enlightenment for his pains.
Flashes of recollection, enlightenment, and dismay succeeded one another in Roly's face.
The less enlightenment and reason men possess, the more zeal they exhibit for their religion.
We naturally look to our colleges for the evidences of learning, of enlightenment and culture.
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On this page you'll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to enlightenment, such as: awareness, civilization, insight, literacy, sophistication, and understanding.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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