exclamation (n.)

  1. an abrupt excited utterance; she gave an exclamation of delight; there was much exclaiming over it

    [ Syn: exclaiming ]

  2. a loud complaint or protest or reproach

  3. an exclamatory rhetorical device; O tempore! O mores

    [ Syn: ecphonesis ]

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