Allocution vs. Elocution
Allocutionnoun
A formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful.
Allocutionnoun
The question put to a convicted 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.
Allocutionnoun
The legal right of a victim, in some jurisdictions, 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.
Allocutionnoun
(Roman Catholicism) A pronouncement by a pope to an assembly of church officials concerning a matter of church policy.
Allocutionnoun
The mode of information dissemination in which media broadcasts are transmitted to multiple receivers with no or very limited capability of a two-way exchange of information.
Allocutionnoun
The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.
Allocutionnoun
An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.
Allocutionnoun
(rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
Allocution
An allocution, or allocutus, is a formal statement made to the court by the defendant who has been found guilty prior to being sentenced. It is part of the criminal procedure in some jurisdictions using common law.
Elocutionnoun
The art of public speaking with expert control of gesture and voice, etc.
Elocutionnoun
Utterance by speech.
Elocutionnoun
Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution.
Elocutionnoun
Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction.
Elocutionnoun
an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture
Elocutionnoun
the skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation
Elocutionnoun
a particular style of speaking
Elocution
Elocution is the study of formal speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone as well as the idea and practice of effective speech and its forms. It stems from the idea that while communication is symbolic, sounds are final and compelling.
