noun (n)

• education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge(noun.cognition)

  Antonym:
  unenlightenment
  

  source: wordnet30
• (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  nirvana
  

  source: wordnet30
• a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine(noun.group)

  Example:
  The Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms.
  

  Synonym:
  age of reason
  

  source: wordnet30
• Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.(noun)

  source: webster1913
• = AufklÄrung.(noun)

  source: webster1913