declamation meaning

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declamation (noun): vehement oratory.

declamation has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

declamation as a noun

  1. vehement oratory

    Type of: oratory

    Kinds: tirade, harangue, raving

    Related forms: declaim

  2. recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric

    Type of: recitation

    Related forms: declaim

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with DE · words ending in ON · 11-letter words

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