Definition of "plaudit" []

• Enthusiastic expression of praise or approval: a new play that opened to the plaudits of the critics. (noun)

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• "I’m on a semi-vacation for a couple of weeks and posting lightly or on offbeat topics such such as plaudit abuse that I normally deal with only in the context of book reviews."
• "Some people might say that “plaudit” has value as a substitute for “praise” if that word has appeared repeatedly."
• "As a plaudit, "recently established definitive Russian text" may sound like a pedantic mouthful, but Platonov is anything but a writer of merely academic interest."