Ovation

Noun

 * 1) prolonged enthusiastic applause
 * 2) (Ancient Rome) a victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph

Derived terms

 * standing ovation

Thesaurus
acclaim, acclamation, anniversaries, applause, big hand, burst of applause, celebrating, celebration, ceremony, cheer, cheering, cheers, clap, clapping, clapping of hands, commemoration, dressing ship, eclat, encore, fanfare, fanfaronade, festivity, flourish of trumpets, hand, handclap, handclapping, holiday, jubilee, kudos, laudation, marking the occasion, memorialization, memory, observance, plaudit, plaudits, popularity, praise, rejoicing, religious rites, remembrance, revel, rite, ritual observance, round of applause, salute, salvo, solemn observance, solemnization, testimonial, testimonial banquet, testimonial dinner, thunder of applause, toast, tribute, triumph

Etymology
From ovationem (accusative of ovatio).

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: suosionosoitukset
 * German: Beifallssturm, tosender Beifall , Ovation


 * Icelandic: lófatak, fagnaðarlæti, hylling
 * Spanish: ovación

Noun

 * 1) ovation

Etymology
From ovatio.