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Peroration

//pɛɹəˈɹeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. countable, uncountable

    "This passage is virtually the peroration of the Ethics; the few paragraphs that follow are concerned with the transition to politics."

  2. 2
    (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration wordnet
  3. 3
    A discourse or rhetorical argument in general. countable, uncountable

    "Nephew, what means this passionate discourse, This peroration with such circumstance?"

  4. 4
    a flowery and highly rhetorical oration wordnet

Etymology

From Latin perōrō (“I speak at length, I conclude a speech”) (from per- (“very”) + ōrō (“I speak, I orate”) (English orate)) + -ation (“action (nominalizer)”) (from Latin -ātiō).

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