Compliment /(?)/

Com·pli·ment

Compliment

n.
  1. An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend.
    Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies.
    Many a compliment politely penned.

Phrases & Compounds
To make one a compliment
to show one respect; to praise one in a flattering way.
To make one's compliments to
to offer formal courtesies to.
To stand on compliment
to treat with ceremony.

Compliment

v. t.
  1. To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to.
    Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; . . . Should compliment their foes and shun their friends.

Compliment

v. i.
  1. To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect.
    I make the interlocutors, upon occasion, compliment with one another.