(1):
(n.) Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
(2):
(n.) A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
(3):
(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.