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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exclamation \Ex`cla*ma"tion\, n. [L. exclamatio: cf F. exclamation.] 1. A loud calling or crying out outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc Exclamations against abuses in the church. --Hooker. Thus will I drown your exclamations. --Shak. A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. --Trench. 2. (Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief. 3. (Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also {exclamation point}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exclamation n 1: an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" [syn: {exclaiming}] 2: an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores" [syn: {ecphonesis}]
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