salutation
sal·u·ta·tion / ˌsalyəˈtāshən/ • n. a gesture or utterance made as a greeting or acknowledgment of another's arrival or departure: we greeted them but no one returned our salutations. ∎ a standard formula of words used in a letter to address the person being written to.DERIVATIVES: sal·u·ta·tion·al / -shənl/ adj.
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