ALL meanings of allocution
al·lo·cu·tion
A a - noun allocution a formal or authoritative speech or address, esp one that advises, informs, or exhorts 3
- noun allocution a formal address, esp. one warning or advising with authority 3
- noun allocution a formal speech, especially one of an incontrovertible or hortatory nature. 1
- noun allocution a pronouncement delivered by the pope to a secret consistory, especially on a matter of policy or of general importance. 1
- noun allocution A formal speech giving advice or a warning. 1
- noun allocution A formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful. 0
- noun allocution (chiefly US, law) The question put to a convicted defendant by a judge after the rendering of the verdict in a trial, in which the defendant is asked whether he or she wishes to make a statement to the court before sentencing; the statement made by a defendant in response to such a question; the legal right of a defendant to make such a statement. 0
- noun allocution (chiefly US, law) The legal right of a victim, in some jurisdictions, to make a statement to a court prior to sentencing of a defendant convicted of a crime causing injury to that victim; the actual statement made to a court by a victim. 0
- noun allocution (Roman Catholicism) A pronouncement by a pope to an assembly of church officials concerning a matter of church policy. 0
- noun allocution (communication, media) The mode of information dissemination in which media broadcasts are transmitted to multiple receivers with no or very limited capability of a two-way exchange of information. 0