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ALLOCUTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does allocution mean?
• ALLOCUTION (noun)
The noun ALLOCUTION has 1 sense:
1. (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
Familiarity information: ALLOCUTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("allocution" is a kind of...):
address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)
Domain category:
rhetoric (study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking))
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