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Definition of congratulation

noun

(congratulations)
  • words expressing one’s praise for an achievement or good wishes on a special occasion:our congratulations to the winners [as exclamation]:congratulations on a job well done!
  • [mass noun] the action of expressing congratulations:he began pumping the hand of his son in congratulation

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin congratulatio(n-), from the verb congratulari (see congratulate)

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