Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peroration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peroration \Per`o*ra"tion\, n. [L. peroratio, fr. perorate,
peroratum, to speak from beginning to end; per + orate to
speak. See {Per-}, and {Oration}.] (Rhet.)
The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final
summing up and enforcement of an argument. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peroration
n : (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he
summarized his main points in his peroration"
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