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Exclamation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Outcry; noisy talk; clamor; as exclamations against abuses in government.

2. Vehement vociferation.

3. Thus will I drown your exclamations.

4. Emphatical utterance; a vehement extension or elevation of voice; ecphonesis; as, O dismal night!

5. A note by which emphatical utterance or outcry is marked: thus!

6. In grammar, a word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing some passion, as wonder, fear or grief.

Exclamation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.

2. A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.

3. A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.