Synonyms for peroration
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : per-uh-rey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɛr əˈreɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for peroration
- adieu
- announcement
- articulation
- asseveration
- blow-off
- button
- cessation
- chalk talk
- chaser
- climax
- close
- closer
- coda
- concluding speech
- conclusion
- consummation
- crowning achievement
- crowning glory
- culmination
- declamation
- declaration
- delivery
- descant
- discourse
- disquisition
- dissertation
- dying words
- ejaculation
- end
- end piece
- ending
- envoi
- epilogue
- exhortation
- expatiation
- expression
- famous last words
- farewell performance
- final appearance
- final appearance or performance
- final gesture
- finale
- finis
- finish
- follow-up
- goodbye
- harangue
- homily
- last act
- last hurrah
- last shot
- last words
- monologue
- opinion
- oration
- parting song
- payoff
- peroration
- postlude
- prelection
- rant
- recitation
- remark
- reply
- reprise
- response
- saying
- screed
- sentence
- sequel
- sermon
- speaking
- speech
- spiel
- statement
- summary
- swan song
- talk
- termination
- vent
- verbalization
- vocalization
- vociferation
- voice
- word
- words
Définition of peroration
Origin :- mid-15c., from Latin perorationem (nominative peroratio) "the ending of a speech or argument of a case," from past participle stem of perorare "argue a case to the end, bring a speech to a close," from per- "to the end" (see per) + orare "to speak, plead" (see orator).
- As in swan song : noun final performance
- As in talk : noun speech, address to group
- As in utterance : noun revelation
- As in recapitulation : noun summary that repeats
- As in epilogue : noun afterword
- As in finale : noun ending of an event
- The peroration was magnificent, though difficult to remember, you know.
- Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad
- You may parody the great statesman's peroration, and say, 'Where the King cannot enter, he can.'
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- "—For the defence of the country," the Judge concluded his peroration.
- Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
- He felt anew what he had felt and seen, and he could not give any verve to the peroration of his sermon.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- When I began to listen to the speech again Gorman had reached his peroration.
- Extract from : « Gossamer » by George A. Birmingham
- His arm remained extended aloft as if to sustain his peroration.
- Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry
- I can only give some few sentences taken at haphazard from the peroration.
- Extract from : « The Pools of Silence » by H. de Vere Stacpoole
- Ravished by the vision, he proceeded to write and rewrite the peroration.
- Extract from : « A Modern Idyll » by Frank Harris
- It is his notion of freedom, and at once the exordium and peroration of his eloquence.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete » by George Meredith
- And three shots served as peroration to this energetic answer.
- Extract from : « The Trapper's Daughter » by Gustave Aimard
Antonyms for peroration
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