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• congratulation, felicitation go
  the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
  
• slander go
  words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
  
• proposition, proposal go
  the act of making a proposal
  
• bid, command, dictation, bidding go
  an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
  
• agreement go
  the verbal act of agreeing
  
• citation go
  (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
  
• disagreement go
  the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing
  
• offer, offering go
  the verbal act of offering
  
• request, asking go
  the verbal act of requesting
  
• response, reply go
  the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
  
• description go
  the act of describing something
  
• affirmation, statement, assertion go
  the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
  
• denial go
  the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
  
• rejection go
  the speech act of rejecting
  
• objection go
  the speech act of objecting
  
• informing, making known go
  a speech act that conveys information
  
• revelation, disclosure, revealing go
  the speech act of making something evident
  
• promise go
  a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
  
• jactitation, boast, boasting, self-praise go
  speaking of yourself in superlatives
  
• naming go
  the verbal act of naming
  
• challenge go
  a call to engage in a contest or fight
  
• explanation go
  the act of explaining
  
• denunciation, denouncement go
  a public act of denouncing
  
• address, speech go
  the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
  
• resignation go
  the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)