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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honoring, observance |
| Synonyms: | celebration, ceremony, custom, memorial service, monumentalization, recognition, remembrance, tribute |
| Antonyms: | forgetting, neglect, negligence, unobservance |
| Main Entry: | ceremony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual; celebratory observation |
| Synonyms: | ceremonial, commemoration, custom, formality, function, liturgy, observance, ordinance, parade, rite, sacrament, service, show, solemnity, tradition |
| Main Entry: | epitaph |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inscription on a gravestone |
| Synonyms: | commemoration, elegy, epigraph, eulogy, hic jacet, legend, memorial, monument, remembrance, requiescat in pace, sentiment |
| Notes: | an epitaph is an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there, while an epithet is a defamatory or abusive word or phrase |
| Main Entry: | festival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration |
| Synonyms: | anniversary, carnival, commemoration, competition, entertainment, fair, feast, festivities, fete, field day, fiesta, gala, holiday, jubilee, merrymaking, treat |
| Notes: | a festival is a celebration for a specific occasion; festive means joyous, celebratory, or merry; festivity is any joyous diversion |
| Main Entry: | medal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decoration of honor |
| Synonyms: | badge, commemoration, gold, hardware, laurel, medallion, reward, ribbon, wreath |
| Notes: | meddle means to intrude or interfere in other people's affairs or business; mettle is the courage and fortitude to carry on; a medal is a piece of metal in the form of a coin intended to be used as an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event |
| Main Entry: | monument |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | memorial, remembrance |
| Synonyms: | cairn, cenotaph, column, commemoration, erection, footstone, gravestone, headstone, ledger, magnum opus, marker, masterpiece, mausoleum, memento, monolith, obelisk, pile, pillar, record, reminder, shrine, slab, statue, stele, stone, tablet, testament, token, tomb, tombstone, tower, tribute, witness |
| Main Entry: | remembrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift, testimonial |
| Synonyms: | commemoration, favor, keepsake, memento, memorial, monument, present, relic, remembrancer, reminder, reward, souvenir, token, trophy |
| Main Entry: | testimonial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tribute |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, appreciation, attestation, certificate, character, commemoration, commendation, confirmation, credential, degree, endorsement, evidence, homage, honor, indication, manifestation, memorial, memorialization, monument, ovation, plug*, proof, recommendation, reference, remembrance, salute, salvo, say-so, show, sign, symbol, testament, testimony, token, voucher, witness |
| Notes: | a testament is a document in which something is testified to (will, covenant, book of the Bible); a testimonial is a written or spoken expression of regard for a person's service or accomplishments |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | toast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | salutation when drinking alcohol |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, celebration, ceremony, commemoration, compliment, down, drink, health, honor, pledge, proposal, salute, sentiment, shingle, thanksgiving, tribute |
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