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Gratitude

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The state of being grateful; thankfulness.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The state of being grateful.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state or quality of being grateful or thankful; a warm and friendly feeling in response to a favor or favors received; thankfulness.

n. Synonyms See grateful.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation

Word Usage

"It was gratitude; gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well enough to forgive all the petulance and acrimony of her manner in rejecting him, and all the unjust accusations accompanying her rejection."

Antonym

ingratitude

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

feeling

Hyponym

thankfulness gratefulness appreciativeness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

thankfulness appreciation gratefulness

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

attitude latitude

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

tenderness admiration pity satisfaction enthusiasm grief awe humility appreciation sadness