Recognize
Recognize verb - To show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration.
Usage example: an awards banquet to recognize local heroes
Salute is a synonym for recognize in greet topic. In some cases you can use "Salute" instead a verb "Recognize", when it comes to topics like appreciate, acknowledge, pay tribute to.
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Both words in one sentence
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Helix: Is command presence also why people do the Sam Salute when they recognize you?
Source: Strange Salute -
The Catholic Church didn't recognize the (civil, Anglican) ceremony as canonical, though, so Stephen and Diana were, by Catholic standards, "living in sin" until they got "properly" married in a Noodle Incident between The Letter of Marque and The Thirteen Gun Salute.
Source: Literature / Aubrey-Maturin
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