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FELICITATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does felicitation mean?
• FELICITATION (noun)
The noun FELICITATION has 2 senses:
1. (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another
2. the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
Familiarity information: FELICITATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
congratulation; felicitation
Context example:
I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage
Hypernyms ("felicitation" is a kind of...):
expression; verbal expression; verbalism (the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Derivation:
felicitate (express congratulations)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
congratulation; felicitation
Hypernyms ("felicitation" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Derivation:
felicitate (express congratulations)
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