allocution
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The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.
An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
say
speech
address
debate
speaking
pitch
talk
addressed
presentation
lecture
rhetoric
discourse
sermon
dissertation
lesson
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In an adversarial system, there is no more controversy and the case proceeds to sentencing; though in many jurisdictions the defendant must have allocution of her or his crime; a false confession will not be accepted even in common law courts.
Some of the other allocution speeches given by the protesters complained about mistreatment from government officials.