"felicitation" in the noun sense
1. congratulation, felicitation
usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another
"I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage"
2. congratulation, felicitation
the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
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