allocution

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Synonyms: allocation, illocution, adlocution, locution, collocution, elocution, allochthon, allocutions, allocutive

Antonyms: allocation, illocution, adlocution, locution, collocution, elocution, allochthon, allocutions, allocutive

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Noun

1. A [[formal]] [[speech]], especially one which is regarded as [[authoritative]] and [[forceful]].
2. {{lb|en|chiefly|US|legal}} The [[question]] put to a [[convict]]ed [[defendant]] by a [[judge]] after the rendering of the [[verdict]] in a [[trial]], in which the defendant is asked whether he or she wishes to make a statement to the [[court]] before [[sentencing]]; the statement made by a defendant in response to such a question; the [[legal]] [[right]] of a defendant to make such a statement.
3. {{lb|en|chiefly|US|legal}} The [[legal]] [[right]] of a [[victim]], in some [[jurisdiction]]s, to make a statement to a court prior to sentencing of a defendant convicted of a [[crime]] causing [[injury]] to that victim; the actual statement made to a court by a victim.
4. {{lb|en|Roman Catholicism}} A [[pronouncement]] by a [[pope]] to an assembly of church officials concerning a matter of church [[policy]].
5. {{lb|en|communications|media}} The mode of [[information]] [[dissemination]] in which media [[broadcast]]s are transmitted to multiple [[receiver]]s with no or very limited capability of a two-way exchange of information.

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