salutation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sal=u=ta=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

salutation, n. [L. salutatio: cf. F. salutation. See Salute.].

 The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting.  [1913 Webster]
"In all public meetings or private addresses, use those forms of salutation, reverence, and decency usual amongst the most sober persons."  [1913 Webster]
"Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets."  [1913 Webster]
"When Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb."  [1913 Webster]
"I shall not trouble my reader with the first salutes of our three friends."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Greeting; salute; address.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

salutation, n.
1 a sign or expression of greeting or recognition of another's arrival or departure.
2 words spoken or written to enquire about another's health or well-being.

Derivative

salutational adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF salutation or L salutatio (as SALUTE)

THESAURUS

salutation

accost, address, bend, bending the knee, bob, bow, bowing and scraping, citation, curtsy, dipping the colors, embrace, eulogy, genuflection, greeting, hail, hand-clasp, handshake, hello, homage, how-do-you-do, hug, inclination, kiss, kneeling, kowtow, making a leg, nod, obeisance, obsequiousness, panegyric, presenting arms, prostration, reverence, salaam, salute, scrape, servility, smile, smile of recognition, standing at attention, submission, submissiveness, tribute, wave

ROGET THESAURUS

salutation

Allocution

N allocution, alloquy, address, speech, apostrophe, interpellation, appeal, invocation, salutation, word in the ear, dialogism, platform, plank, audience.