ALLOCUTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("allocution" is a kind of...):

address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)

Domain category:

rhetoric (study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking))