jubilee
Grand anniversary party
A jubilee is a special anniversary celebration, especially one marking 25, 50, or 75 years: The queen's golden jubilee drew millions to the streets.
The word carries connotations of festivity, commemoration, and collective rejoicing.
In biblical tradition, a jubilee was a year of emancipation and restoration occurring every fifty years, when slaves were freed and debts forgiven.
This sense of release and renewal underlies modern usage: The campaign called for a debt jubilee for developing nations.
Traveling amusement attraction
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- galaFestive formal occasion
- fiestaFestive public celebration
- pageantStaged public display
fete · fair · parade · revelry · merrymaking · banquet · jamboree · ball
Festive event marking occasion
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- centenaryHundredth anniversary observance
- bicentennial200th anniversary observance
golden · silver · diamond · platinum · anniversary · sesquicentennial · tercentenary · coronation
Release from legal bondage
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- releaseTo let go
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
deliverance · absolution · forgiveness · debt relief · land restoration · sabbatical · biblical · slaves
Intense triumphant joy
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- exultationIntense triumphant joy
- gleeExuberant, often impish delight
- happinessJoyful emotional state
delight · exuberance · cheerfulness · euphoria · merriment · triumph · rejoicing · gladness
carnival
Traveling amusement attraction
pageant · fete · fair · parade · revelry · merrymaking · banquet · jamboree · ball · extravaganza
celebration
Festive event marking occasion
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- centenaryHundredth anniversary observance
bicentennial · golden · silver · diamond · platinum · anniversary · sesquicentennial · tercentenary · coronation · reign
emancipation
Release from legal bondage
manumission · deliverance · absolution · forgiveness · debt relief · land restoration · sabbatical · biblical · slaves · bondage
elation
Intense triumphant joy
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- exultationIntense triumphant joy
- gleeExuberant, often impish delight
happiness · delight · exuberance · cheerfulness · euphoria · merriment · triumph · rejoicing · gladness · rapture
- commemorationscommemoration, remembrance, memorial service, centennial, bicentennial
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- festivalsfestival, festivals, carnival, carnivals, Carnival
- celebrationcelebration, party, festive, festivity, festivities
- festivitiesparty, parades, celebration, carnivals, festival
- Occasionswedding, birthday, anniversary, graduation, funeral
jubileefuneral
Service honoring the dead
wake · memorial service · requiem · dirge · shiva
jubileeenslavement
Forced human ownership
bondage · debt collection · foreclosure · servitude · indenture
- silver jubileeTwenty-five year milestone
- diamond jubileeSixtieth anniversary milestone
- golden jubileeFiftieth anniversary commemoration
- jubilee yearCommemorative milestone occasion
- cherries jubileeFlambéed fruit over ice cream
- platinum jubileeSeventieth anniversary of reign
jubilant, jubilation, jubilantly, jubilees, jubilate, jubilations