felicitation

[fi-lis-i-tey-shuhn]

noun

1. an expression of good wishes; congratulation.

Other Word Forms

• self-felicitation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of felicitation¹

First recorded in 1700–10; felicitate + -ion

Related Words

• admiration 
• adulation 
• applause 
• blessing 
• commendation 
• courtesy 
• endorsement 
• homage 
• ovation 
• tribute