Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word PERORATION

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What does PERORATION mean?

PERORATION noun
  1. The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.
  2. A discourse or rhetorical argument in general.

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