commendment

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

commend +‎ -ment

Noun[edit]

commendment (uncountable)

  1. Commendation; praise.
    • 2004, Nadine Gordimer, Loot, page 56:
      [] —oh yes it's a dirty condescending racist word don't ever use it but the sense of it's there even in our commendment, our reports, our praise— []