ˌdekləˈmāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin declamation-, declamatio, from declamatus (past participle of declamare ) + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the act or art of declaiming
only in declamation was he unable to match his fellows — A.C.Cole
a. : the rhetorical delivery of an oration
b. : the recitation of a speech or poem as an exercise in elocution
2.
a. : a rhetorical speech : harangue
they indulge in vague declamations against the existing social order — W.R.Inge
b. : a speech or poem suitable for recitation as an exercise in elocution
3. : impassioned delivery or rhetorical style characteristic especially of a declamation
the impossible cannot be made reasonable even by declamation — W.L.Sullivan
4.
a. : the rhetorical rendering of words in singing
b. : melodrama
c. : accentuation