Hypertext Webster Gateway: "congratulation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Congratulation \Con*grat`u*la"tion\, n. [L. congratulatio: cf.
F. congratulation.]
The act of congratulating; an expression of sympathetic
pleasure.
With infinite congratulations for our safe arrival.
--Dr. J.
Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
congratulation
n : acknowledgement that someone has an occasion for celebration
[syn: {felicitation}]
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