0 a greeting in words or actions, or the words used at the beginning of a letter or speech --
1 a greeting in words or actions, or the words used at the beginning of a letter or speech: --
For each style of salutation there is an accompanying style of complementary close, known as valediction.
Another simple but very common example of a salutation is a military salute.
The most basic level involves changing the salutation or name on each copy much like mail merge.
The flag salutation should be followed by the playing of the national anthem.
The chaplet consists of nine salutations, one for each choir of angels.
It was not a statement of salutations.
I have now another salutation.
They deserve our salutations for that.