All 4 Uses of
commendation
in
David Copperfield
- I expressed my sense of this commendation, and said I was very sorry we were going to lose one another.†
Chpt 10-12
- Accordingly, I went to work very hard, both in play and in earnest, and gained great commendation.†
Chpt 16-18 *
- The Doctor always had some new project for her participating in amusements away from home, with her mother; and Mrs. Markleham, who was very fond of amusements, and very easily dissatisfied with anything else, entered into them with great good-will, and was loud in her commendations.†
Chpt 40-42
- Mr. Peggotty nodded his understanding of my aunt's feelings, but could not trust himself with any verbal reference to the subject of her commendation.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(commendation as in: a commendation for bravery) an official award (as for bravery or service) -- usually given as formal public statement