All 4 Uses of
commendation
in
All's Well That Ends Well, by Shakespeare
- I have those hopes of her good that her education promises; her dispositions she inherits, which makes fair gifts fairer; for where an unclean mind carries virtuous qualities, there commendations go with pity,—they are virtues and traitors too: in her they are the better for their simpleness; she derives her honesty, and achieves her goodness.
Scene 1.1commendations = messages expressing praise
- Your commendations, madam, get from her tears.
Scene 1.1commendations = praise
- Not much commendation to them.
Scene 2.2
- The duke hath offered him letters of commendations to the king.
Scene 4.3 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(commendation as in: a commendation for bravery) an official award (as for bravery or service) -- usually given as formal public statement
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(2)
(commendation as in: offered my personal commendation) praise or a message expressing praise