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plaudit (noun):

1: an act or round of applause

2: enthusiastic approval, usually used in plural

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : Plaudit is a word coined by shortening Latin plaudite, meaning "applaud". Plaudit had gained approval status in English by the first years of the 17th century. Latin plaudite is a form of the verb plaudere, meaning "to applaud"; plaudere, in turn, is ancestor to explode, plausible, and the archaic displode (a synonym of explode).

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