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peroration

pe·ro·ra·tion

UK/pɛɹəˈɹeɪʃən/ uncommon

noun

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(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration

  • “he summarized his main points in his peroration”

Origin

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

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