elation
ɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n
noun
great happiness and exhilaration.
Richard’s elation at regaining his health was short-lived
happiness,exhilaration,joy,joyousness,delight,glee,excitement,animation,jubilation,exultation,ecstasy,euphoria,bliss,rapture,rhapsody,rhapsodies,transport(s),cloud nine,heaven,paradise,seventh heaven,the top of the world