congratulation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
congratulation
    n 1: the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for
         celebration [syn: {congratulation}, {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: {congratulation},
       {felicitation}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Congratulation \Con*grat`u*la"tion\, n. [L. congratulatio: cf.
   F. congratulation.]
   The act of congratulating; an expression of sympathetic
   pleasure.
   [1913 Webster]

         With infinite congratulations for our safe arrival.
                                                  --Dr. J.
                                                  Scott.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
CONGRATULATION, n.  The civility of envy.
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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