Enlightenment

Full definition of enlightenment

Noun

1. An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
2. A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
• 1893, Thomas Huxley, S:Evolution and Ethics, But the man who has attained enlightenment sees that the apparent reality is mere illusion, or, as was said a couple of thousand years later, that there is nothing good nor bad but thinking makes it so.

Synonyms

• epiphany
• satori