felicitation

[ fi-lis-i-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. an expression of good wishes; congratulation.

Other Words From

• self-fe·lici·tation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of felicitation¹

First recorded in 1700–10; felicitate + -ion

Example Sentences

Geetha P was travelling from the southern state of Kerala to national capital Delhi to attend a felicitation function for winners of the Florence Nightingale award for nurses.

From BBC

Most companies put a chalkboard sign on display near the picnic with the organizer’s name or words of felicitation.

From New York Times

Arguably the most glowing felicitation came from a woman who said she thinks Hillary’s “a liar and a murderer, and I like your hair.”

From Salon

Back in the last century only the shoe fabricator or the shoe designer would have been eligible for that kind of felicitation.

From Slate

I rejoice in thinking how cheerful you are at home; and when I repeat to you how happily I live here, I feel as if this were also a felicitation.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• admiration
• adulation
• applause
• blessing
• commendation
• courtesy
• endorsement
• homage
• ovation
• tribute