laudation

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of lauding; high praise or commendation.

   “[…] his wondrous laudations and defendings of the unfriended Turner […]”

   “We know that the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians had already used the responsive form, notably form A (refrain), in their laudations and supplications.”

   “Thus, the myths of cinema and syndicated cartoon have served to unite the diverse races far more than the clump of the cricket-ball and the clipped rebukes and laudations of their masters.”