laudation

[ law-dey-shuhn ]

noun

1. an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.

laudation

/ lɔːˈdeɪʃən /

noun

1. a formal word for praise

Other Words From

• inter·lau·dation noun
• over·lau·dation noun
• self-lau·dation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of laudation¹

1425–75; late Middle English laudacion < Latin laudātiōn- (stem of laudātiō ) a praising, equivalent to laudāt ( us ) (past participle of laudāre to laud ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

It is wonderful how a mite of laudation will prod us to be more worthy.

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She disappeared round the corner before he could compose a suitable husband's reply to this laudation of a wife.

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Their efforts in this direction have fully earned for them their own peculiar form of laudation as "actually equal to cash."

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She is where I meant her to be, and where no charge of self-laudation can touch her.

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Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.

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