salutation

Noun

Meaning

The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

salute greeting address hello howdy salaam hosanna good morning bye-bye citation adios encomium reception tribute bow
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Antonyms

good-bye opposition danger sermon condemnation farewell
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Hypernyms

opening recognition credit acknowledgment acknowledgement

Hyponyms

hello pax howdy good morning response card

Phrases with the word

Angelical salutation

Examples

Its gaze profound Up where the frozen Absolute has chosen That nothing shall measure Its vastness, O glacier But according to a ritual Illumined by the principle That chose my consecration It extends a salutation. Stéphane Mallarmé

Email is very informal, a memo. But I find that not signing off or not having a salutation bothers me. Judith Martin

Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried it is but the first salutation to the possibilities of the immense Remote, the Wild, the Watery, the Unshored... Herman Melville

A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation -- a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. Samuel Johnson

a musical salute to the composer on his birthday Source: Internet

A soothing voice greets THX, and OMM ends every confession with a parting salutation: "You are a true believer, blessings of the State, blessings of the masses. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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