n.

1. A recitation delivered as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution.

2.

a. Vehement oratory.

b. A speech marked by strong feeling; a tirade.

Noun 1. declamation – vehement oratory

philippic, tirade, broadside – a speech of violent denunciation

oratory – addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); “he loved the sound of his own oratory”

harangue, rant, ranting – a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

raving – declaiming wildly; “the raving of maniacs”

2. declamation – recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric

recitation, recital, reading – a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; “the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems”