peroration
/pɛrəˈreɪʃ(ə)n
/noun
The concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience: he again invoked the theme in an emotional peroration...
- He concludes a short peroration on someone's misdemeanor (never mind who; the cause of wrongdoing is universal).
- This able book, as anxious for an effective peroration as any sermon, contains truths unwelcome to Christian readers, but it omits relevant evidence.
- After reading it I put it aside, deeply troubled as I was by the haunting resonance of its peroration, which so moved the audience.
Synonyms
closing remarks, conclusion, ending, close, final section, summation, summing-up, recapitulation, reiteration
informal recap, recapping
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin peroratio(n-), from perorare 'speak at length' (see perorate).