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laudation

[law-dey-shuhn]

lau·da·tion

[law-dey-shuhn]
noun
an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.

Origin:
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

in·ter·lau·da·tion, noun
o·ver·lau·da·tion, noun
self-lau·da·tion, noun
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laudation (lɔːˈdeɪʃən)
 
n
a formal word for praise

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