gratitude
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gratitude/ˈɡratɪtjuːd/
▶noun appreciation of kindness; thankfulness.
– origin ME: from OFr., or from med. L. gratitudo, from L. gratus ‘pleasing, thankful’.
'gratitude' also found in these Oxford entries:
acknowledge
- acknowledgement
- akin
- appreciation
- appreciative
- beholden
- bread
- cheers
- debt
- effusive
- grateful
- indebted
- ingratitude
- nothing
- obligation
- owe
- praise
- thank
- thankful
- thankless
- thanks
- thanksgiving
- thank you
- touch
- tribute
- ungrateful
