commendation
noun
the act of commending; recommendation; praise.
self-commendation
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a word derived from
commendation.
Example Sentences
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In fact, it is more like self-deluding: that "wisely" is his self-commendation, and a prelude to succumbing completely to just such "admiration".
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2013
In all this glow and fervor of self-commendation, the late administration went out of office, having bequeathed the experiment, with all its blushing honors and rising glories, to its successor.
From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Daniel Webster
For it was not because he was defamed himself, but he stood up for his friend776 that was abused, the occasion giving him a reasonable excuse for self-commendation.
From Plutarch's Morals by Arthur Richard Shilleto
Paul cannot have written in self-commendation on more than one occasion, and he promises not to repeat this in iii.
From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
To the truth of which self-commendation we bore good testimony.
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 by Charles W. Wood
