noun

1. An expression of approval; praise.

2. A special acknowledgment; an award.

3. An embrace of greeting or salutation.

Synonyms: panegyric

verb

1. To embrace or kiss in salutation.

2. To confer a knighthood on.

3. To confer praise or awards on.

   “an accoladed novel”

noun

1. Either of the two characters { and }, i.e., left curly bracket left curly bracket and right curly bracket right curly bracket, with the shape of a curved, pointed line, having various uses in math, music, and computer programming.

Synonyms: accolade, brace, curly brace