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grat⋅u⋅la⋅tion

  [grach-uh-ley-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a feeling of joy.
2. the expression of joy.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME gratulacioun < L grātulātiōn- (s. of grātulātiō). See gratulate, -ion
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grat·u·late   (grāch'ə-lāt')   
tr.v.   grat·u·lat·ed, grat·u·lat·ing, grat·u·lates
To congratulate.

[Latin grātulārī, grātulāt-, from grātārī, to rejoice with, from grātus, pleasing; see grateful.]
grat'u·la'tion n., grat'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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