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peroration

  • /pɛɹəˈɹeɪʃən/

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

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).

noun perorations

  1. countable, uncountable The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery. This passage is virtually the peroration of the Ethics; the few paragraphs that follow are concerned with the transition to politics.
  2. countable, uncountable A discourse or rhetorical argument in general. Nephew, what means this passionate discourse, This peroration with such circumstance?

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noun conclusion of a discourse

Françaispéroraison
DeutschZusammenfassung, Redeschluss

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@misc{peroration_2026,
  title = {peroration},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/peroration},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}