Synonyms for oration
ɔˈreɪ ʃən, oʊˈreɪ-ora·tion

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1. oration

   Speech is the general word for utterance of thought in language. A speech may be the delivering of one's sentiments in the simplest way; an oration is an elaborate and prepared speech; a harangue is a vehement appeal to passion, or a speech that has something disputatious and combative in it. A discourse is a set speech on a definite subject, intended to convey instruction. Compare CONVERSATION; DICTION; LANGUAGE.

   Synonyms:
   address, address, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, harangue, language, oratory, sermon, speaking, speech, talk, utterance

   Antonyms:
   hush, silence, speechlessness, stillness, taciturnity

Princeton's WordNet

1. orationnoun

   an instance of oratory

   "he delivered an oration on the decline of family values"

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1. • Oratory

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1. homilynoun

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1. orationnoun

   Synonyms:
   discourse, address, speech, HARANGUE

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1. orationnoun

   Synonyms:
   declamation, rhetoric

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1. Jesse Louis Jackson:

   From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation. (Funeral oration for Martin Luther King, Sr.)