VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / allocution

Thesaurus: allocution

The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

addressdefinitionauthoritativedefinitionactdefinitionaddressingdefinitionadvisesdefinitionclergydefinitionexhortsdefinitionformaldefinitionhisdefinitionhortatorydefinitionmannerdefinitionpopedefinitionrhetoricdefinitionspeakingdefinitionwordsdefinitionallocation unitfamilyallocationsfamilyallocatorfamilyallocatorsfamilyallocaturfamilyallochroicfamilyallochroitefamilyallochronicfamilyallochroousfamilyallochthonousfamilyallocablefamilyallocatablefamilyallocatefamily

Definitions

  1. n. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.
  2. n. An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.
  3. n. (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
  4. 1. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words. 2. An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. Addison.
  5. n. (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts