Salute

English Meaning

To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

1. To greet or address with an expression of welcome, goodwill, or respect.
2. To recognize (a superior) with a gesture prescribed by military regulations, as by raising the hand to the cap.
3. To honor formally and ceremoniously.
4. To express warm approval of; commend: salute an agency for its charity work.
5. To become noticeable to: A stench saluted our nostrils.
6. To make a gesture of greeting or respect.
7. An act of greeting; a salutation.
8. An act or gesture of welcome, honor, or courteous recognition: a musical salute to the composer's 90th birthday.
9. The position of the hand or rifle or the bodily posture of a person saluting a military superior.
10. A formal military display of honor or greeting, such as the firing of cannon.