happiness

noun

1. (uncountable)The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.

   “seek happiness”

   “true happiness”

   “bring happiness to others”

   “Money can’t buy happiness.”

   “She found happiness in the small things.”

2. (archaic, uncountable)Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing.

   “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

3. (archaic, uncountable)Good luck; good fortune.

   “All happineſſe bechance to thee in Millaine.”

4. (countable, obsolete)Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace, used especially of language.

   “Some Beauties yet, no Precepts can declare, / For there's a Happineſs as well as Care.”