applause

Definition

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.

Etymology

From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“I strike against, I applaud”) (whence applaud).

Example Sentences

• "A few days before, the adulations and applauses of a nation were sounding in her [Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma's] ears, and now she was come to this!"
• "Lestrade and I sat silent for a moment, and then, with a spontaneous impulse, we both broke at clapping, as at the well-wrought crisis of a play. […] It was at such moments that for an instant he [Sherlock Holmes] ceased to be a reasoning machine, and betrayed his human love for admiration and applause."
• "Livy never gets her share of those applauses, but it is because the people do not know. Yet she is entitled to the lion's share."