Increase of size or bulk, real or apparent; extension of dimensions or limits; augmentation; dilatation; expansion. The enlargement of bulk may be by accretion or addition; of dimensions, by spreading, or by additions to length and breadth; of a sum or amount, by addition, collection or accumulation.

Expansion or extension, applied to the mind, to knowledge, or to the intellectual powers, by which the mind comprehends a wider range of ideas or thought.

Expansion of the heart, by which it becomes more benevolent and charitable.

Release from confinement, servitude, distress or straits. Esther 4:14.

Diffusiveness of speech or writing; an expatiating on a particular subject; a wide range of discourse or argument.