1. Expansion or extension, applied to the mind, to knowledge, or to the intellectual powers, by which the mind comprehends a wider range of ideas or thought.
2. Expansion of the heart, by which it becomes more benevolent and charitable.
3. Release from confinement, servitude, distress or straits. Est 4.
4. Diffusiveness of speech or writing; an expatiating on a particular subject; a wide range of discourse or argument.