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commendment

commendment noun: commendation; praise.

Noun

commendment (uncountable)

  1. Commendation; praise.
    • […] —oh yes it's a dirty condescending racist word don't ever use it but the sense of it's there even in our commendment, our reports, our praise— […]2004, Nadine Gordimer, Loot, page 56

Origin of commendment

From commend + -ment.

Questions about commendment

What does commendment mean?
Commendment means commendation; praise.
What part of speech is commendment?
Commendment is a noun.

Words near commendment in the dictionary

  1. commenders
  2. commendest
  3. commendeth
  4. commending
  5. commendingly
  6. commendment
  7. commends
  8. commensal
  9. commensalism
  10. commensalisms
  11. commensalist

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