credit
noun
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc..
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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When Van Zandt heard that Raskin had been crediting him for his own chemo head covering, he was touched.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2023