salutation
- n an act of honor or courteous recognition
- n (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
- n word of greeting used to begin a letter
- Obtained by South Carolina's The State in December but not released until they could be authenticated, the 2008 e-mails are awash in salutations like "my love" and reminiscences .
- In art and letters and theater and comedy, this one word, this mangle of Latin and French and Spanish, has been description and slur and salutation, and in each incarnation a curio .
- She calls the sun salutation, a series of poses honoring the Hindu sun god, a "warm-up flow" instead; other Christians call it the "Son" salutation.