thanksgiving

Definition

The expression of gratitude.

Etymology

From thanks + giving.

Example Sentences

• "Now the happy king laid the forehead of thankſgiving upon the duſt of gratitude; he opened the doors of his wealth to the four winds, and enriched the world, at once, with his munificence."
• "The waters grew suddenly lighter, and my spirits rose accordingly. I shouted down to those below that I saw daylight ahead, and a great shout of thanksgiving reverberated through the ship. A moment later we emerged into sunlit water, and immediately I raised the periscope and looked about me upon the strangest landscape I had ever seen."
• "People gathered, she said, "not simply in an attitude of mourning, grievous as those events were, but rather in the spirit of thanksgiving that George and Harvey were among us, that they shared with us their dreams and aspirations for the San Francisco of the 1980s.""