an act or instance of illuminating.

the fact or condition of being illuminated.

a decoration of lights, usually colored lights.

Sometimes, illuminations. an entertainment, display, or celebration using lights as a major feature or decoration.

intellectual or spiritual enlightenment.

Also called illuminance , intensity of illumination. Optics . the intensity of light falling at a given place on a lighted surface; the luminous flux incident per unit area, expressed in lumens per unit of area.

a supply of light

a source of illumination.

decoration of a manuscript or book with a painted design in color, gold, etc.

a design used in such decoration.

noun

darkness , dimness , ignorance , misconception , misunderstanding , obscurity , vagueness

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beam , brightening , brightness , brilliance , flame , flash , gleam , lighting , lights , radiance , ray , awareness , clarification , edification , education , enlightenment , information , insight , inspiration , instruction , perception , revelation , teaching , light , construction , decipherment , elucidation , exegesis , explication , exposition , illustration , interpretation , knowledge