GRATITUDE - Definition

Pronunciation:		'grati`tood
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation; "he was overwhelmed with gratitude for their help"

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	Antonyms:	ingratitude, ungratefulness

	See Also:	appreciativeness, feeling, gratefulness, thankfulness

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Grat"i*tude\, n. [F. gratitude, LL. gratitudo, from gratus agreeable, grateful. See {Grate}, a.] The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness. The debt immense of endless gratitude. --Milton.