enlightenment

enlightenment

CEFR: C1-C2 /en-light-en-ment/ [eh2.n.l.ay1.t.ah0.n.m.ah0.n.t]

Enlightenment is education or awareness that brings change, such as your enlightenment about nutrition that leads you to throw out every last bit of your family's junk food. Used in a sentence, “I had an enlightenment that led me to stop drinking alcohol.”