felicitations

Barbados snipped its link to the monarchy and became fully independent last year, to felicitations from Elizabeth and Charles.

Before hanging up, he stopped himself from uttering the felicitations typical in Russia this time of year.

India offered no felicitations to Beijing on the centenary celebrations of the Chinese Communist Party last week which Indian media described as another sign of its unhappiness.

But they are afraid to publicly offer their felicitations or acknowledge her historic achievement, for fear of incurring Trump's wrath.

Direct felicitations should be acknowledged, but the public nature of the greetings you describe allows for a group response.