Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COM-MEND-A'TION, n. [L. commendatio.]

1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; declaration of esteem. Need we, as some others, letters of commendation? 2 Cor. xxxi.
2. Ground of esteem, approbation or praise; that which presents a person or thing to another in a favorable light, and renders worthy of regard, or acceptance. Good nature is the most godlike commendation of a man. – Dryden.
3. Service; respects; message of love. – Shak.