| NOUN | communication | peroration | a flowery and highly rhetorical oration |
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| communication | peroration | (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration |
| Meaning | A flowery and highly rhetorical oration. | |
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| Broader | oration | An instance of oratory |
| Verbs | perorate | deliver an oration in grandiloquent style |
| Meaning | (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration. | |
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| Example | "he summarized his main points in his peroration" | |
| Category | rhetoric | study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) |
| Part of | oration | An instance of oratory |
| Broader | conclusion, end, close, closing, ending | The last section of a communication |
| Spanish | peroración, perorata | |
| Verbs | perorate | conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation |
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