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Salutation
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Salutation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Salutation has 3 senses
- salutation(n = noun.communication) salute - an act of honor or courteous recognition; "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday" is a kind of credit, recognition
- salutation(n = noun.communication) greeting - (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting); Array is a kind of acknowledgement, acknowledgment
- salutation(n = noun.communication) Array - word of greeting used to begin a letter; Array is a kind of opening
Derived forms verb salute5, verb salute1
has particulars: well-wishing, compliments, regard, wish, reception, response, hail, kiss of peace, pax, welcome, salute, hello, hi, how-do-you-do, howdy, hullo, good morning, morning, afternoon, good afternoon, military greeting, salute, calling card, card, visiting card
Derived form verb salute2
Derived form verb salute2
CIDE DICTIONARY
Salutation, n. [L. salutatio: cf. F. salutation. See Salute.].
The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting. [1913 Webster]
"In all public meetings or private addresses, use those forms of salutation, reverence, and decency usual amongst the most sober persons."
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"Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets."
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"When Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb."
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"I shall not trouble my reader with the first salutes of our three friends."
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Syn. -- Greeting; salute; address.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Salutation, n.
1 a sign or expression of greeting or recognition of another's arrival or departure.
2 words spoken or written to enquire about another's health or well-being.
1 a sign or expression of greeting or recognition of another's arrival or departure.
2 words spoken or written to enquire about another's health or well-being.
Derivative
salutational adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF salutation or L salutatio (as SALUTE)
THESAURUS
Salutation
accost, address, bend, bending the knee, bob, bow, bowing and scraping, citation, curtsy, dipping the colors, embrace, eulogy, genuflection, greeting, hail, hand-clasp, handshake, hello, homage, how-do-you-do, hug, inclination, kiss, kneeling, kowtow, making a leg, nod, obeisance, obsequiousness, panegyric, presenting arms, prostration, reverence, salaam, salute, scrape, servility, smile, smile of recognition, standing at attention, submission, submissiveness, tribute, waveROGET THESAURUS
Salutation
Allocution
N allocution, alloquy, address, speech, apostrophe, interpellation, appeal, invocation, salutation, word in the ear, dialogism, platform, plank, audience.
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