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  1. 1. n. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. something used to beautify Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive) Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. 2. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament. The hall was celebrated for . . . the richness of its decoration. Motley. 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. Decoration Day, a day, May 30, appointed for decorating with flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, who fell in the Civil War in the United States; Memorial Day. [U.S.] Source: webster
  8. 8. n:100 n. something used to beautify n. an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event n. the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive) Source: ecdict

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