Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exaltation \Ex`al*ta"tion\, n. (Med.)
   An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or
   importance, -- a symptom observed in various forms of
   insanity.

Exaltation \Ex`al*ta"tion\, n. [L. exaltatio: cf. F.
   exaltation.]
   1. The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of
      being exalted; elevation.

            Wondering at my flight, and change To this high
            exaltation.                           --Milton.

   2. (Alchem.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or
      the increasing of its virtue or principal property.

   3. (Astrol.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it
      was supposed to exert its strongest influence.

Source : WordNet®

exaltation
     n 1: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;
          "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles
          Dickens [syn: {ecstasy}, {rapture}, {transport}, {raptus}]
     2: the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is
        believed to exert its maximum influence
     3: a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight
        overhead)
     4: the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) [syn:
        {deification}, {apotheosis}]