Allocution and Silence

Allocution

Allocution noun - (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts.
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Synonyms for Allocution

Silence is an antonym for allocution in formal speech or address topic.

Silence

Silence noun - Incapacity for or restraint from speaking.

Allocution is an antonym for silence.

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Silence and Allocution. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/allocution/silence
Allocution & Silence. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/allocution/silence>.
Silence or Allocution. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/allocution/silence.


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