Definition of ovations:
(n) :
(by extension) Prolonged enthusiastic applause.
(n) :
(by extension) A (ceremony for the) recognition of some achievement.
(n) :
(Ancient Rome) A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
(v) :
(ambitransitive, informal, rare) To give (someone) an ovation (prolonged enthusiastic applause).
(n) :
(zoology, obsolete, rare) The act of laying eggs.