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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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;
- Example: "I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage"
[syn: congratulation, felicitation]


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]
WordNet (r) 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "congratulation": 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
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

CONGRATULATION, n. The civility of envy.