Assertion: happiness | /r/ObjectUse | used in same general sense
Facets:
value: with elevated associations
type: OTHER
value: more sparingly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment except that of the animal appetites; felicity is a more formal word, and is used more sparingly in the same general sense, but with elevated associations; blessedness is applied to the most refined enjoyment arising from the purest social, benevolent, and religious affections; bliss denotes still more exalted delight, and is applied more appropriately to the joy anticipated in heaven.