congratulation
Pluralcongratulations
- 1The act of expressing pleasure at someone's success or good fortune.
The coach raised his glass in congratulation as the team walked into the restaurant.
The mayor offered her warmest congratulations to this year's graduates.
Similarfelicitations, compliments
Oppositecommiseration
Note
The singular and the plural divide the work. As a mass noun it names the act in general and turns up in set phrases such as a letter of congratulation or a glass raised in congratulation. Particular good wishes are nearly always plural: people offer, send or accept their warmest congratulations, and Congratulations! on its own is the usual exclamation.
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Origin
From Middle English congratulacion, from Middle French congratulation or its source, Latin congrātulātiō, from congrātulor ("to congratulate"). It can also be read as congratulate + -ion.