Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act of addressing or designating someone by name.
  • noun A name; an appellation.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A distinguishing form of address or salutation; a characteristic appellation or denomination.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Style of address or salutation; an appellation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act of directing oneself directly to another.
  • noun A designation, identifying name or title.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin compellātiō, compellātiōn-, from compellātus, past participle of compellāre, to address; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin compellatio, from compellatus, the past participle of compello, from com- + pello. Compare appellation.

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