peroration /per-ə-rāˈshən, -ō- or -ö-/

1. The conclusion of a speech, a summing up
2. A long formal speech (informal)
3. A rhetorical performance

perˈorate intransitive verb

1. To make a peroration
2. To harangue (informal)

• softener
• softeners
• softening
• softening of the brain
• softenings
• softens
• soften up
• softer
• softest
• soft-finned
• soft foci
• soft focus
• soft-focus
• soft-footed
• soft fruit
• soft fruits
• soft furnishings
• soft goods
• soft-grass
• softhead
• soft-headed
• softheads
• soft-hearted
• soft hyphen
• soft hyphens