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noun
The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A discourse or rhetorical argument in general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending
noun
a flowery and highly rhetorical oration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: oration
History
From Latin perōrō (“to speak at length, to conclude a speech”) (from per- (“very”) + ōrō (“to speak, to orate”) (English orate)) + -ation (“action (nominalizer)”) (from Latin -ātiō).
Across languages
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