The act of commending; praise, approval, or a formal recommendation.
From the verb commend plus the suffix -ment, which creates nouns representing actions or conditions. This forms an abstract noun from a verb.
This word has almost completely vanished from English, replaced by 'commendation'—a perfect example of how languages drop older word formations in favor of newer alternatives.
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