Definition of declamation

• n. - The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.
• n. - A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
• n. - Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.