Other forms: commendations
A commendation is formal praise for something done well. Receive a commendation.
It is official rather than personal, which is what separates it from a compliment. A commendation goes on a record and can be produced years later.
1nouncommendationFormal praise for something done well.
“He received a commendation for going back into the building.”
commendation is praise.
Latin commendatio comes from commendare, to entrust or praise, from com plus mandare, to commit.
Latin
commendatio — recommendation, commendation
Old French
commendacion — approval, praise
Middle English
commendacioun
English, today
commendation
From Middle English commendacioun, from Old French commendacion (“approval, praise”), from Latin commendatio (“recommendation, commendation”), from commendare.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA