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compliments

/ˈkɑmplɪmənts/ noun B1
  1. Good wishes. · Please accept this 2011 calendar with our compliments.
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“Come,” said Madame Danglars, “leave music and compliments, and let us go and take tea.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 787 · C1
She had instinctively turned away; but stopping on his approach, received his compliments with an embarrassment impossible to be overcome.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 281 · B2
“‘You have paid me several compliments, Mr.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 110 · B2
Compliments always take _you_ by surprise, and _me_ never.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 13 · B2

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