peroration

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the concluding section of an oration

   They summarized the main points in their peroration.

2. 2
   noun

   A discourse or rhetorical argument in general.

   Nephew, what means this passionate discourse, This peroration with such circumstance?

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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