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Salutation

noun

An act of honor or courteous recognition. Synonym: salute.

(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting). Synonym: greeting.

Word of greeting used to begin a letter.

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"Salutation" Quotes from Famous Books

... peeping out, Roland saw that saintly individual in a pung, sitting in pious state beside the foremost class-leader of the church. He bowed cordially to all as he drew near, and as he passed through each knot of people he gave some such salutation as: ...

— The Four Canadian Highwaymen • Joseph Edmund Collins

... always remove his hat in the presence of ladies, except out of doors, and then he should lift or touch his hat in salutation. On meeting a lady a well-bred gentleman will ...

— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols

... "never forget the respect due from him to the American Government." Mr. Adams bowed in silence and the stormy interview ended. A day or two afterward the disputants met by accident, and Mr. Canning showed such signs of resentment that there passed between them a "bare salutation." ...

— John Quincy Adams - American Statesmen Series • John. T. Morse

... away, and was absent a whole year. At the expiration of this time, a poor man, who I thought had come to ask alms, presented himself before me in my shop. I said to him, "God help you." He returned my salutation, and continued, "Is it possible you do not know me?" Upon this I looked at him narrowly, and recognised him: "Ah, brother," cried I, embracing him, "how could I know you in this condition?" I made him come into my house, and asked him concerning his health and the ...

— The Arabian Nights Entertainments vol. 1 • Anon.

... the faintest shade of emotion; but I remembered the old maxim of the fencing-school—"Watch your enemy's eyes, not his blade;" and I caught Flora's, as she raised her head after returning our salutation, before she had time to discipline them thoroughly. I saw them glitter with defiant hatred as they lighted on her rival. I saw them melt with passionate eagerness as for one brief moment they followed Guy's retreating figure and averted face. Half of Mohun's warning became superfluous ...

— Guy Livingstone; - or, 'Thorough' • George A. Lawrence

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