vitality

vitality n

L. vītālitās, vital force, life; see vital, adj.

  1. Living being; animate creature.
  2. Animation; life force; existence as a sentient mortal being; breath, pulse, heartbeat, and brain wave.
  3. Movement; motivation; lively motion; ability to act.
  4. Feeling; emotion; sensibility; overactive mental and physical functions.
  5. Mortality; earthly life; human existence.
  6. Eternity; immortality; everlasting life; ability to recover from decay.
  7. Vividness; vigor; liveliness; life force; intense energy; [fig.] spirit; inspiration; illumination.