Recommendation meaning clarifies advisory versus commendatory effect and must be construed according to contextual usage. Meaning of the word recommend in Indian law covers advising a course of action and expressing praise; the operative import of a 'recommendation' is context-dependent. Dictionaries and P. Ramanatha Aiyar's Law Lexicon indicate that a recommendation may be advisory or commendatory, requiring interpretation of surrounding language and purpose to ascertain whether it carries advisory, persuasive, or merely commendatory effect.