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decoration.

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/
  1. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation.

    countable · uncountable
  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.

    countable · uncountable
  4. The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host

    countable · uncountable
  5. Refurbishment; renovation

    Hong-Kong · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Latin decoratio: compare French décoration. Morphologically decorate + -ion.

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