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Antonyms for commendation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kom-uhn-dey-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒm ənˈdeɪ ʃən

Definition of commendation

Origin :
  • "expression of approval," late 14c. (from c.1200 as the name of one of the Offices of the Dead), from Old French commendacion "approval, praise," from Latin commendationem (nominative commendatio) "recommendation, commendation," noun of action from past participle stem of commendare (see commend).
  • noun giving of praise; acclaim
Example sentences :
  • Perhaps he thought of Rahab who hid the spies, and received a commendation for it.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • You ask for what you do not need when you call upon me for a word of commendation.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • He, no doubt, expected to be welcomed in the warmest terms of commendation.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • This was his commendation, from hour to hour; it made up the litany of his gratitude for what she had been to him.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • She was no longer a pretty girl, a nice girl, as the commendation went.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • It may be right as being meritorious, and deserving of commendation.
  • Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
  • A most noble and disinterested achievement, and worthy of all commendation.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • If He is dissatisfied, the commendation of the many is as froth.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • I knew she meant my use of her name as well as my commendation.
  • Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
  • He was also young enough to long for a word of commendation.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for commendation

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