Definition of Peroration

1. Noun. A flowery and highly rhetorical oration.

Generic synonyms: Oration
Derivative terms: Perorate

2. Noun. (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration. "He summarized his main points in his peroration"
Category relationships: Rhetoric
Generic synonyms: Close, Closing, Conclusion, End, Ending
Group relationships: Oration
Derivative terms: Perorate

Definition of Peroration

1. n. The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument.

Definition of Peroration

1. 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. ¹

2. Noun. A discourse or rhetorical argument in general. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peroration

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peroration

perones
peroneus
peroneus brevis
peroneus longus
peroneus tertius
peroqua
peroquas
peroral
peroral endoscopy
perorally
perorate
perorated
perorates
perorating
peroration (current term)
perorational
perorations
perorator
perorators
perosamine
perosis
perospirone
perosseous
perovskite
perovskites
peroxi-
peroxid
peroxidase

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