COMMENDATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does commendation mean? 

• COMMENDATION (noun)
  The noun COMMENDATION has 2 senses:

1. an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement

2. a message expressing a favorable opinion

  Familiarity information: COMMENDATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMENDATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

citation; commendation

Hypernyms ("commendation" is a kind of...):

accolade; award; honor; honour; laurels (a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction)

Derivation:

commend (express approval of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A message expressing a favorable opinion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

approval; commendation

Context example:

words of approval seldom passed his lips

Hypernyms ("commendation" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commendation"):

approbation (official recognition or approval)

countenance; endorsement; imprimatur; indorsement; sanction; warrant (formal and explicit approval)

credit; recognition (approval)

connivance; secret approval; tacit consent ((law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing)

permission (approval to do something)

encouragement (the expression of approval and support)

acclaim; acclamation; eclat; plaudit; plaudits (enthusiastic approval)

applause; clapping; hand clapping (a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together)

cheer (a cry or shout of approval)

congratulations; extolment; kudos; praise (an expression of approval and commendation)

testimonial; tribute (something given or done as an expression of esteem)

Derivation:

commend (express approval of)

commend (express a good opinion of)

commend (present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence)

 Context examples 

Her family and friends administered comfort and commendation liberally.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I am flattered by his commendation.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

But now every commendation on every subject is comprised in that one word.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

To be deriving support from the commendations of Mrs. Fraser!

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I expressed my sense of this commendation, and said I was very sorry we were going to lose one another.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

So to Baden I went, after dispatching to Holmes an account of all my proceedings and receiving in reply a telegram of half-humorous commendation.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But her commendation, though costing her some trouble, could by no means satisfy Mr. Collins, and he was very soon obliged to take her ladyship's praise into his own hands.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

At that hour most of the others were sewing likewise; but one class still stood round Miss Scatcherd's chair reading, and as all was quiet, the subject of their lessons could be heard, together with the manner in which each girl acquitted herself, and the animadversions or commendations of Miss Scatcherd on the performance.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Emma knew what was coming; they must have the letter over again, and settle how long he had been gone, and how much he was engaged in company, and what a favourite he was wherever he went, and how full the Master of the Ceremonies' ball had been; and she went through it very well, with all the interest and all the commendation that could be requisite, and always putting forward to prevent Harriet's being obliged to say a word.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Here too, Miss Dashwood's commendation, being only simple and just, came in without any eclat.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)