enlightenment

The process of understanding something or making somebody understand it.

Word Structure

en-LAHY-tuhn-muhnt

Sentence Examples

The enlightenment was a period of time.

We enjoyed a spiritual enlightenment.

The video provided enlightenment to the students.

Semantic Relatives

knowledge

illumination

understand

Morphological Relatives 1

enlighten

enlightened

enlightening

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