All 3 Uses of
commendation
in
Main Street
- She proudly dipped across the room and, to the interest and commendation of all beholders, sat on the arm of Kennicott's chair.†
Chpt 4 *
- Carol liked praise, the flavor and fatness of it, but she was so energetically being sorry for herself that she could not taste this commendation.†
Chpt 4
- They who had not been entirely afraid (but merely careful and sneaky), all the barber-shop roues and millinery-parlor mondaines, how archly they were giggling (this second—she could hear them at it); with what self-commendation they were cackling their suavest wit: "You can't tell ME she ain't a gay bird; I'm wise!"†
Chpt 32
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