Both Uses of
commendation
in
Much Ado About Nothing
- Why, i' faith, methinks she's too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise, and too little for a great praise; only this commendation I can afford her, that were she other than she is, she were unhandsome, and being no other but as she is, I do not like her.†
Scene 1.1 *
- Why, he is the prince's jester: a very dull fool; only his gift is in devising impossible slanders: none but libertines delight in him; and the commendation is not in his wit, but in his villany; for he both pleases men and angers them, and then they laugh at him and beat him.†
Scene 2.1
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