Congratulation

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Congratulation \Con*grat`u*la"tion\, n. [L. congratulatio: cf.
     F. congratulation.]
     The act of congratulating; an expression of sympathetic
     pleasure.
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           With infinite congratulations for our safe arrival.
                                                    --Dr. J.
                                                    Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  congratulation
       n 1: the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for
            celebration [syn: {felicitation}]
       2: (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or
          good fortune of another; "I sent them my sincere
          congratulations on their marriage" [syn: {felicitation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "congratulation":
     accolade, adulation, apotheosis, bepraisement, deification, eloge,
     encomium, eulogium, eulogy, exaltation, excessive praise, flattery,
     glorification, glory, hero worship, homage, hommage, honor,
     idolatry, idolizing, kudos, laud, laudation, lionizing,
     magnification, meed of praise, overpraise, paean, panegyric,
     praise, tribute
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  CONGRATULATION, n.  The civility of envy.