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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decoration \Dec`o*ra"tion\, n. [LL. decoratio: cf F. d['e]coration.] 1. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. 2. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament. The hall was celebrated for . . . the richness of its decoration. --Motley. 3. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc {Decoration Day}, a day May 30, appointed for decorating with flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, who fell in the Civil War in the United States; Memorial Day [U.S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: decoration n 1: something used to beautify [syn: {ornament}, {ornamentation}] 2: an award for winning a championship [syn: {laurel wreath}, {medal}, {medallion}, {palm}, {ribbon}] 3: the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)
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