enunciation

enunciation
    n 1: the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view
         of its intelligibility to the audience [syn: {enunciation},
         {diction}]
    

Enunciation \E*nun`ci*a"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. enuntiatio,
   -ciatio.]
   1. The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making
      known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation
      of an important truth.
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            By way of interpretation and enunciation. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.
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   2. Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards
      fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak
      with a clear or impressive enunciation.
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   3. That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a
      proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal
      declaration; a statement.
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            Every intelligible enunciation must be either true
            or false.                             --A. Clarke.
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58 Moby Thesaurus words for "enunciation":
      affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement, annunciation,
      articulation, assertion, asseveration, attack, averment,
      avouchment, avowal, bulletin board, circular, communique,
      conclusion, creed, declaration, delivery, dictum, edict,
      encyclical, ipse dixit, manifesto, notice, notification, phonation,
      position, position paper, positive declaration, predicate,
      predication, proclamation, profession, program, programma,
      pronouncement, pronunciamento, pronunciation, proposition, protest,
      protestation, public notice, report, say, say-so, saying, stance,
      stand, statement, ukase, utterance, vocalization, voicing, vouch,
      white book, white paper, word