commendment

commendment

English

Etymology

commend +‎ -ment

Noun

commendment (uncountable)

1. Commendation; praise.
   • 2004, Nadine Gordimer, Loot (page 56)

     […] —oh yes it's a dirty condescending racist word don't ever use it but the sense of it's there even in our commendment, our reports, our praise— […]