praise
noun
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
self-praising
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a word derived from
praise.
Example Sentences
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He is not self-praising, and therefore he has merit.
From The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History by Annie Wood Besant
She was really a "gentlewoman," in the self-pitying and self-praising sense in which those who advertise themselves as such use that word.
From Children of the Whirlwind by Leroy Scott
But this man had not the childlike mind, neither did he tremble like the sinner; his thoughts were still the self-praising thoughts in which he had fallen asleep.
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Philip P. Wells
