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Noun salutation has 3 senses
- salute, salutation - an act of honor or courteous recognition; "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday"
--1 is a kind of recognition, credit
- greeting, salutation - (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
--2 is a kind of acknowledgment, acknowledgement
--2 has particulars: | | well-wishing; regard, wish, compliments; reception, response; hail; pax, kiss of peace; welcome; salute; hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-do-you-do; good morning, morning; good afternoon, afternoon; salute, military greeting; calling card, visiting card, card |
- salutation - word of greeting used to begin a letter
--3 is a kind of opening
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