gratulation
Americannoun
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a feeling of joy.
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the expression of joy.
Etymology
Origin of gratulation
1425–75; late Middle English gratulacioun < Latin grātulātiōn- (stem of grātulātiō ). See gratulate, -ion
Example Sentences
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But apart from the special and personal aspect of the occasion, there was much to cause national gratulation.
From Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 by Edward VII
His jauntily-expressed self gratulation on the prospect of seeing something of the inner life of the Baluchis he can remember now with a rueful smile.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford
The next day Washington addressed his army in words of gratulation and tender regard.
From From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services by William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer
In the return, no one dissonant voice intimated the least dissent from the shouts of gratulation which poured from every quarter; and certainly never Monarch received a more general welcome from his assembled subjects.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
My relations to witchcraft soil were not of my own choosing, and I feel no responsibility for them—feel no sense of gratulation, and none of shame, because of them.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam
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