Recommendation /(r?k`?m*m?n*d?"sh?n)/

Rec·om·men·da·tion

Recommendation

n.
  1. The act of recommending.
  2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations.
  3. The state of being recommended; esteem. [R.]
    The burying of the dead . . . hath always been had in an extraordinary recommendation amongst the ancient.