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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.

Noun.

Life; animation; good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.

He that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. Rom. 12.

cheerfulness ‎(usually uncountable, plural cheerfulnesses)

the state of being cheerful; joy