Noun
Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHowever well equipped our language, it can never be forearmed against all possible cases that may arise and call for description: fact is richer than diction. J. L. Austin
English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously. Vivien Leigh
You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction. Paul Robeson
When I speak, my Urdu isn't very good but when I sing I make sure there are no flaws in my diction. Lata Mangeshkar
Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie cutter. Peter De Vries
In order to be heard by the oppressing class, one must speak as a member of it. Not only the language, but the diction. The accusation of tyranny, however well-founded in fact, is dismissed unless it is delivered in the manner that power recognizes as powerful. Daniel Abraham