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Peroration

Peroration Meaning & Definition
Peroration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Peroration?

[n] (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration"
[n] a flowery and highly rhetorical oration

Synonyms | Synonyms for Peroration:

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See Also | close | closing | conclusion | end | ending | oration

Peroration In Webster's Dictionary

\Per`o*ra"tion\, n. [L. peroratio, fr. perorate, peroratum, to speak from beginning to end; per + orate to speak. See {Per-}, and {Oration}.] (Rhet.) The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument. --Burke.

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