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gratitude - 4 dictionary results

grat⋅i⋅tude

[grat-i-tood, -tyood]
–noun
the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful: He expressed his gratitude to everyone on the staff.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < ML grātitūdin- (s. of grātitūdō) thankfulness, equiv. to grāt(us) pleasing + -i- -i- + -tūdin- -tude


thanks, thankfulness, appreciation, gratefulness.
grat·i·tude   (grāt'ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  The state of being grateful; thankfulness.

[Middle English, from Old French, probably from Late Latin grātitūdō, from Latin grātus, pleasing; see gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots.]

Gratitude

Grat"i*tude\, n. [F. gratitude, LL. gratitudo, from gratus agreeable, grateful. See Grate, a.] The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness.

The debt immense of endless gratitude. --Milton.
Language Translation for : gratitude
Spanish: gratitud,
German: die Dankbarkeit,
Japanese: 感謝

gratitude 
c.1500, from M.L. gratitudo "thankfulness," from L. gratus "thankful, pleasing" (see grace).
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