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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
congratulation
    n 1: the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for
         celebration [syn: congratulation, felicitation]
    2: (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or
       good fortune of another; "I sent them my sincere
       congratulations on their marriage" [syn: congratulation,
       felicitation]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Congratulation \Con*grat`u*la"tion\, n. [L. congratulatio: cf.
   F. congratulation.]
   The act of congratulating; an expression of sympathetic
   pleasure.
   [1913 Webster]

         With infinite congratulations for our safe arrival.
                                                  --Dr. J.
                                                  Scott.
   [1913 Webster]
3. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
CONGRATULATION, n.  The civility of envy.
Thesaurus Results for congratulation:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
accolade, adulation, apotheosis, bepraisement, deification, eloge, encomium, eulogium, eulogy, exaltation, excessive praise, flattery, glorification, glory, hero worship, homage, hommage, honor, idolatry, idolizing, kudos, laud, laudation, lionizing, magnification, meed of praise, overpraise, paean, panegyric, praise, tribute
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